Exodus 17

Which worship songs are based on Exodus 17?

  1. Honey in the Rock (live) — Brandon Lake (2024) Exodus 17:1-6

    The image of water emerging from stone refers to God's provision for thirsty Israel when Moses struck the rock at Horeb.

  2. Caught in the Reeds (Moses) — Chris Renzema (2021) Exodus 17:1-7

    The wilderness provisions correspond specifically to the manna supplied for Israel’s hunger and the water God brought from the rock when the people were thirsty.

  3. Show Me Your Ways — Thrive Worship & Leeland (2023) Exodus 17:1-7

    The image of life-giving water emerging from rock recalls God’s provision for thirsty Israel at Horeb.

  4. VI. BRING A LIGHT — 350 & 1995 (2026) Exodus 17:5-6

    The pairing of Moses with a divided or struck rock invokes the wilderness episode in which Moses strikes the rock and water is provided for Israel. The song repurposes that distinctive image through street-language wordplay.

  5. V's Up — Pastor Mike Jr. & Mike Teezy (2024) Exodus 17:8-13

    The song explicitly invokes Moses raising his hands on a mountain, recalling Israel's battle with Amalek, during which Israel prevailed while Moses kept his hands raised.

  6. Jehovah (feat. Chris Brown) — Elevation Worship, Chris Brown (2023) Exodus 17:15

    The divine title associated with a banner comes from the altar Moses built after Israel defeated Amalek, fitting the song's emphasis on God fighting for his people.

  7. Proclaim (feat. D'Nar) — Todd Galberth & D'Nar (2025) Exodus 17:15

    The mention of 'Jireh' as a provider alludes to the name of God used in Exodus 17:15, where God is recognized as a provider, emphasizing His role in meeting needs.

  8. EZ — KB (2023) Exodus 17:15

    KB invokes Jehovah-Nissi, the name Moses gave an altar after Israel’s victory over Amalek, meaning that the Lord is his banner.

Exodus 17 (King James Version)

1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.