Exodus 14:28 (DBY)

Passage

And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the host of Pharaoh that had come into the sea after them; there remained not even one of them.

Nearby Context

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

Exodus 14:27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength toward the morning; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

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

Exodus 14:29 And the children of Israel walked on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to 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 on the sea-shore.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "waters", "returned", "covered", "chariots", "horsemen", "host", "pharaoh", and "come". 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 out his hand over..." into verse 29's "And the children of Israel walked on...", 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.