Isaiah 43:17

Which drew out the merkavah and sus, 1 the army and warrior; 1 they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; 1 they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

In Context

16Thus saith Hashem, 1 which maketh a derech in the yam, 1 and a path in the mayim azzim (mighty waters); 1

18Remember ye not the rishonot (former things) 1 neither consider kadmoniyyot (the things of old). 1

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Cross References

Exodus 14:23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the yam, even kol sus Pharaoh, his chariots, and his parash.

Judges 4:16But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the machaneh, as far as Charoshet HaGoyim; and kol machaneh Sisra fell by the edge of the cherev; and there was not a man left.

Psalms 76:5Thou art more glorious and adir (majestic) 1 than the mountains of prey. 1

Isaiah 1:31And the strong shall be as tinder, 1 and the maker of it + 1:31 the idol as a spark, 1 and they shall both burn together, 1 and none shall quench them.

Ezekiel 38:8After yamim rabbim thou shalt be visited; in the acharit hashanim (future years) thou shalt invade eretz that is recovering from cherev (sword, war), and [whose inhabitants] have been regathered out of amim rabbim, on the harim of Yisroel, which have long lain desolate; but it + 38:8 the regathered people is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.

Revelation 20:8And will go forth to deceive the Goyim in the four corners of ha'aretz, that is, Gog and Magog, to assemble them for milchamah (war); the mispar (number) of them is like the sand of the seashore. + 20:8 Isa 11:12; Ezek 7:2; 38:2; 39:1; 38:9,15

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 43:15-22

Promises to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 14 Thus saith the Lord , your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. 15 I am the Lord , your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith the Lord , which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are… Read the whole commentary →

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