But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. The but you is the theological pivot of the song. All the enemy's boasting, all his military confidence, all his chariots and horsemen — and then God blew. One breath. The sea covered them. They sank like lead — heavier than stone, sinking faster, permanently. The contrast between the elaborate military preparation of the enemy (six hundred chariots, horsemen, officers, pursuit across the desert) and the divine action (one breath) is deliberate and devastating. Isaiah 40:15 says the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. The mightiest army of the ancient world, measured against the God who blew with his breath, is a drop in the bucket sinking like lead.

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