(Exodus 15:14) "Peoples heard—they quaked": When the peoples heard that Pharaoh and his hosts were lost in the sea, that the rule of Egypt had ended, and that their idolatry had been overthrown, they began quaking, this being the thrust of "Peoples heard; they quaked." Variantly: "Peoples heard; they quaked": When the peoples heard that the Holy One Blessed be He had lifted the horn of Israel and brought them into Eretz Yisrael, they began quaking—at which the Holy One Blessed be He said to them: Fools that you are. Many kings reigned before Me (i.e., in My presence) and Israel was not wrathful (against them), viz. (Genesis 36:31) "And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom." And many rulers arose from you, and Israel was not wrathful, viz. (Ibid. 29) "Chief Lotan, Chief Shoval." And now you grow wrathful! I, likewise, will give you "wrath" not to your liking, viz. (Psalms 99:1) "The L–rd reigns—let the peoples quake!"...