Exodus 14:28 (ASV)

Passage

And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.

Nearby Context

Exodus 14:26 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

Exodus 14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

Exodus 14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.

Exodus 14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Exodus 14:30 Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "waters", "returned", "covered", "chariots", "horsemen", "even", "host", and "pharaoh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "waters" and "returned", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "And Moses stretched forth his hand over..." into verse 29's "But the children of Israel walked upon...", so "waters" and "returned" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "waters" and "returned" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.