Exodus 14:14 (DRB)

Passage

The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

Nearby Context

Exodus 14:12 Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying: Depart from us, that we may serve the Egyptians? for it was much better to serve them, than to die in the wilderness.

Exodus 14:13 And Moses said to the people: Fear not: stand, and see the great wonders of the Lord, which he will do this day; for the Egyptians, whom you see now, you shall see no more for ever.

Exodus 14:14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

Exodus 14:15 And the Lord said to Moses: Why criest thou to me? Speak to the children of Israel to go forward.

Exodus 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it: that the children of Israel may go through the midst of the sea on dry ground.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "fight", "shall", "hold", and "peace". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "fight", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And Moses said to the people Fear..." into verse 15's "And the Lord said to Moses Why...", so "lord" and "fight" 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 "lord" and "fight" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.