Isaiah 51:15

For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

In Context

14The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.

16And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

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Cross References

Exodus 6:7And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God, who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

Job 26:12By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.

Psalms 114:3The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

Isaiah 47:4Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 51:10Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?

Jeremiah 10:16The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:10-17

Prayer in Behalf of Israel; Encouragement to the People of God. ( b. c. 706.) 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon… Read the whole commentary →

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