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Isaiah 43:16
Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, as when He led Israel through the Red Sea, and a path in the mighty waters, whose almighty power is unchanged through the ages,
Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, as when He led Israel through the Red Sea, and a path in the mighty waters, whose almighty power is unchanged through the ages,
THUS SAITH THE LORD - This verse contains a reference to the deliverance from Egyptian servitude - the great storehouse of argument and illustration with the sacred writers; the standing demonstration...
CHAPTER 43 Jehovah Speaks in Comfort to His People 1. _What Jehovah is and will be to Israel (Isaiah 43:1)_ 2. _Second address to the blind and deaf people (Isaiah 43:8)_ 3. Jehovah deals with their...
YAHWEH WILL WORK FOR HIS PEOPLE A DELIVERANCE MORE WONDERFUL THAN THE EXODUS. Isaiah 43:14 is too corrupt to be translated with confidence. RV understands it to refer to a flight by water of the Babyl...
MAKETH. WAY IN THE SEA. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:16; Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:22.Psalms 77:19;...
_Thus saith the Lord_ The oracle itself begins at Isaiah 43:18; it is prefaced in Isaiah 43:16 f. by a vivid description of the mighty power of Jehovah, as illustrated once for all at the crossing of...
The sequel to the overthrow of Babylon is the deliverance of Israel, the method of which is compared with the greatest miracle in Israel's past history, the exodus from Egypt....
THUS SAITH THE LORD— The prophet in these words confirms what he had advanced respecting the deliverance from Babylon, by the former deliverance which God had wrought for his people from Egypt; thus,...
c. TO BE A PROTOTYPE TEXT: Isaiah 43:14-21 14 Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even t...
Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; THUS SAITH THE LORD, WHICH MAKETH A WAY IN THE SEA - Allusion to the deliverance of Israel, and overthrow of Ph...
THE MISSION OF ISRAEL 1-21. The dispersed Israelites shall be ransomed and restored. They are witnesses before the world that Jehovah is the true God. A second and more wonderful exodus is in store f...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 43 Chapter 42 reminded the people from Israel that they had totally neglec...
God again tells the people from Israel that he will rescue them from enemies....
God’s people are witnesses to how he rescued their families from Egypt in the past (see Exodus chapter 14; Psalms 77:19-20)....
WHICH MAKETH A WAY IN THE SEA... — A distinct echo of Exodus 14:16 and Psalms 77:19. The return from Babylon is to be as a second Exodus from another house of bondage. In the one, as in the other, the...
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַ נֹּותֵ֥ן בַּ †...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
A WAY IN THE WILDERNESS Isaiah 43:14-28 Let uptake care lest we thwart God's purpose in our lives. We were made to show forth His praise, Isaiah 43:21; but we must beware of causing a revoking of His...
Following the manifesto, we have in the next three Chapter s a series of messages of Jehovah. The first declares His perpetual purpose for His people. His constant attitude of love is affirmed in prom...
Thus saith the LORD, who maketh a way in (p) the sea, and a path in the mighty (q) waters; (p) When he delivered Israel from Pharaoh, (Exodus 14:22). (q) When the Israelites passed through Jordan, ...
_Waters. of the Jordan and the Red Sea, in the latter of which Pharao perished, ver. 17._...
It is worth observing how often, under the Old Testament dispensation, the Lord reminds the Church of that wonderful deliverance which he wrought in Egypt, and at the Red Sea, by way of teaching the p...
16._Thus saith Jehovah. _He again repeats and confirms what was otherwise incredible; and, in order that this confirmation may have greater weight, he personates God himself. _Who maketh a way in the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43. Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made of...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, WHICH MAKETH A WAY IN THE SEA,.... Who did make a way in the Red sea, when he led Israel through it as on dry land; this, with what follows, is observed to encourage the faith of...
Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; Ver. 16. _Which maketh a way in the sea._] Or, That made a way in the sea, &c. - _sc., _ When your fathers came ou...
_Which maketh a way in the sea_, &c. Who, as he formerly made a way for Israel through the Red sea, will, in a no less wonderful manner, remove all impediments out of the way of his people when they r...
14-21 The deliverance from Babylon is foretold, but there is reference to greater events. The redemption of sinners by Christ, the conversion of the Gentiles, and the recall of the Jews, are described...
Who as he formerly made a pathway for his people through the Red Sea, so he will in no less wonderful manner remove all impediments or difficulties out of the way of his people, when they return from...
Isaiah 43:16 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 makes H5414 (H8802) way H1870 sea H3220 path H5410 mighty...
INCLUDED IN HIS REDEEMING ACTIVITY WILL BE HIS JUDGMENT ON THE PERNICIOUS INFLUENCE OF THE RULERS OF BABYLON WHEN HE WILL ‘BRING THEM DOWN' AS FUGITIVES IN THEIR SHIPS (ISAIAH 43:14). Having declared...
Isaiah 43:14. _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. I...
Isaiah 43:1. _But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine._ I cannot p...
Isaiah 43:1. _But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel,_ The Lord reminds us that he first created us, and that he afterwards molded us; we are like J...
CONTENTS: The chosen nation redeemed and restored. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Israel is God's peculiar people, distinguished from all others, and having the promise that they shall never h...
Isaiah 43:1. _The Lord that created thee, oh Jacob._ Not only in the first creation, but when Sarah, and when Rebecca were barren, I gave them power to become mothers. I have also created and formed t...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:16 Isaiah’s language recalls the exodus through the Red Sea (see Exodus 14:21). MAKES... BRINGS. The present-tense verbs imply that the gre
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 43:1 A RENEWED PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE. Severe rebuke (Isaiah 42:18) is followed, as so often in I
But yet, God is going to restore them. Chapter 43 gets in the restoration. But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee...
Exodus 14:16; Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:29; Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 11:16;