Isaiah 51:15

For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. the LORD of Armies is his name.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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 captive exile will speedily be freed. He will not die and go down into the pit. His bread won’t fail.

16I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”

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Cross References

Exodus 6:7I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Job 26:12He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

Psalms 114:3The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

Isaiah 47:4Our Redeemer, the LORD of Armies is his name, is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 51:10Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

Jeremiah 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. 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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