Because not any of the army ever came home;
Of that mighty multitude there remained not a one
510 Who could tell the tale of the traveling forth
Who could announce in the cities the sorrowful news
To the wives of the warriors of the woeful disaster.
But the sea-death swallowed the sinful men,
And their messengers too, in the midst of their power,
515 And destroyed their pride, for they strove against God.
[299.] Moses has just finished telling the children of Israel that he has been able to make the sea part its waves so that they may walk across unharmed.
[307, 308.] This passage is obscure in meaning.