He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said: let's get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt! The jamming of the chariot wheels is the moment of tactical recognition by the Egyptian army: something supernatural is happening. Their own assessment — the Lord is fighting for them — echoes Moses' declaration in verse 14: the Lord will fight for you. The Egyptians have arrived at the same conclusion Moses gave Israel at the sea's edge. But they have arrived at it too late and in the wrong direction — standing in the middle of the sea with jammed wheels and rising water. The knowledge that the Lord fights for Israel comes to the Egyptians as the recognition of impending doom. James 2:19 says even the demons believe and shudder — the Egyptian army believes the Lord is fighting for Israel, and it costs them everything.

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