Isn’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?
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Isn’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?
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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?
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Art thou not it that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
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Passages linked to Isaiah 51:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 43:16 Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
- Exodus 14:21-22 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
- Exodus 15:13 “You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
- Isaiah 50:2 Why, when I came, was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness. Their fish stink because there is no water, and die of thirst.
- Isaiah 63:11-12 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?” Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
- Psalms 74:13 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
- Isaiah 42:15 I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 51:10 [Art] thou not it which hath dried…
Isa 51:10 [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?
Ver. 10. Art not thou it which hath dried the sea?] And canst not thou do as much again for thy poor people? This is an excellent way of arguing with God in prayer - viz., from his ancient acts.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Art thou not it which hath dried the sea?…
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea? art not thou the same God, and as potent now as then thou wast?
For the ransomed; for thy people, whom thou didst redeem and bring out of Egypt.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Art thou not it which hath dried the sea,…
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep,.... That is, the Red sea, and the deep waters of it; as it did, by causing a strong east wind to blow, which drove the sea back, and made it a dry land, in the midst of which the children of Israel walked as on dry land, Exo 14:21 and the same arm and mighty power can and will dry up the waters of the river Euphrates, to prepare the way of the kings of the east, Rev 16:12,
that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? divided the waters of the sea, made a path through them for the Israelites that were redeemed out of Egyptian bondage and slavery, to pass over, and so to go to Canaan's land.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Art thou not it - Art thou not still…
Art thou not it - Art thou not still the same? The ground of the appeal is, that the same arm that dried up the sea, and made a path for the Jewish people, was still able to interpose and rescue them.
Which hath dried the sea - The Red Sea when the children of Israel passed over Exo 14:21. This is the common illustration to which the Hebrew prophets and poets appeal, when they wish to refer to the interposition of God in favor of their nation (compare Ps. 105; see the notes at Isa 43:16).
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For the ransomed to pass over - Those who had been ransomed from Egypt. The word rendered ‘ransomed’ is that which is commonly rendered ‘redeemed.’ The argument in this verse is, that he who had overcome all the obstacles in the way of their deliverance from Egypt, was able also to overcome all the obstacles in the way of their deliverance from Babylon; and that he who had thus interposed might be expected again to manifest his mercy, and save them again from oppression. The principle involved in the argument is as applicable now as it was then. All God’s past interpositious - and especially the great and wonderful interposition when be gave his Son for his church - constitute an argument that be will still continue to regard the interests of his people, and will interpose in their behalf and save them.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain it--the arm.
it--the arm.
Art not Thou the same Almighty power that . . . ? dried the sea--the Red Sea (Isa 43:16; Exo 14:21).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. the great deep] (Gen_7:11; Amo_7:4; Psa_36:6) is the…
10. the great deep] (Gen_7:11; Amo_7:4; Psa_36:6) is the primeval ocean of Gen_1:2, out of which the dry land appeared. The Hebrew (tìhôm) is connected etymologically with Tiâmat, the name of the Chaos-monster in the Babylonian creation tablets.
a way for the ransomed to pass over] The reference to the Exodus is here unmistakeable. The transition is explained by the fact that every exhibition of Jehovah’s power over the sea was regarded as a repetition on a smaller scale of the original miracle of creation. Both alike are illustrations of what the “arm of the Lord” can do, and of the great miracle of redemption to which the prophet looks forward.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Art thou not it which hath dried the sea?…
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea? rather, was it not thou that didst dry up the sea?. (comp. Exo_14:21, Exo_14:22) The waters of the Red Sea are called those of "the great deep," because they are a portion of the circumambient ocean, not a tideless land-locked basin, like the Mediterranean. That hath made; rather, that madest. The allusion is to the single occasion of the passage of the Red Sea by the Israelites. Ver. 11. The redeemed of the Lord (see the comment on Isa_35:10. where the same passage occurs with scarcely any variation). Isaiah is not averse to repetitions. (see Isa_5:25 Isa_9:12, Isa_9:17, 21 10:4 11:1 65:25 48:22 57:21, etc.)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Heb. "goel,: Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isa 59:20")
ransomed
Heb. "goel,: Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isa 59:20")
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