Isaiah 51:15

For I am the Lord thy God, who stirreth up the sea that its waves roar: the Lord of hosts is his name.

Leeser Tanakh

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 exile will be speedily set free; and he shall not die in the dungeon, and his bread shall not fail.

16And I have placed my words in thy mouth, and with the shadow of my hand have I covered thee: to plant the heavens, and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say to Zion, Thou art my people.

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Cross References

Exodus 6:7And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you for a God; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Job 26:12By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:

Psalms 114:3The sea beheld it, and fled: the Jordan was driven backward.

Isaiah 47:4Our redeemer—the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 51:10Art thou not it that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that rendered the depths of the sea a road for the redeemed to pass through?

Jeremiah 10:16Not like these is the portion of Jacob; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts 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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