Pharaoh's Chariots and the Measure for Measure

"Pharaoh's chariots and his army He cast into the sea." By the measure with which he measured, You measured back to him. He said, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice?" (Exodus 5:2); You too showed them Your fear and Your dread at the Sea — "Pharaoh's chariots and his army He cast into the sea." He said, "Cast every newborn son into the river" (Exodus 1:22); You too measured back to them in that same measure — "Pharaoh's chariots and his army He cast into the sea." He said, "and officers over all of them" (Exodus 14:6); You too measured back to them in that same measure — "and his chosen officers were sunk in the Sea of Reeds." Because it is said, "And they made their lives bitter with hard labor, in mortar and in bricks" (Exodus 1:14), You too hardened the water upon them like clay, and they sank into it; for "sinking" applies only to mire, as it is said, "And Jeremiah sank in the mire" (Jeremiah 38:6), and it says, "I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold" (Psalms 69:3).