Exodus 15:5
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The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.
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You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.