Isaiah 43:16

Translations

Modern

Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

Traditional

Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

Literal

Thus says YHWH, the One giving a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

Latin

Hæc dicit Dominus, qui dedit in mari viam, et in aquis torrentibus semitam;

Original

Hebrew

English

Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

Notes

Isaiah 43:14–21

The Lord promised Israel that it would be freed from Babylon. This redemption would be similar to Israel's past freedom from Egypt but even greater in some ways (Isaiah 43:18).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah The Holy One of Israel

Events

Prophecies of Isaiah

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Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah 51:10
Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
Psalm 77:19
Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
Jeremiah 31:35
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
Isaiah 51:15
For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
Psalm 78:13
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
Psalm 106:9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
Nehemiah 9:11
You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
Isaiah 63:11–13
Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
Exodus 14:29
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Isaiah 11:15–16
The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
Psalm 136:13–15
He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.

Glossary

Book of Baruch Church Courts and Trials Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Prophecy Ransom Sea

Topics

Babylon: Empire of Prophetic Denunciations Against Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel God: Power of Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Foretells the Ultimate Destruction of Babylon Red Sea: Israelites Cross; Pharaoh and his Army Drowned In

Isaiah 43:16

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