Isaiah 51:15

Isaiah 51:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
• New International Version (NIV)For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord Almighty is his name.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I am the Lord your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared— The Lord of hosts is His name.

Context of Isaiah 51:15

13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor? 14The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking. For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name. 16I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’” 17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.

Isaiah 51:15 word by word

וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ רֹגַ֣ע הַיָּ֔ם וַיֶּהֱמ֖וּ גַּלָּ֑יו יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• For Iאָֽנֹכִ֫י'ânôkîy · IH595
• am the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• who stirs upרָגַעrâga‛ · to disturbH7280
• the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• so that its wavesגַּלgal · heap: waveH1530
• roarהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• of Hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• His nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034

Cross-references for Isaiah 51:15

• Isaiah 51:10Was 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?
• Nehemiah 9:11You 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.
• Job 26:12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
• Psalms 74:13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
• Psalms 114:3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
• Psalms 136:13He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
• Jeremiah 31:35Thus 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:
• Amos 9:5The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
• Isaiah 47:4Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name— is the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 48:2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
• Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
• 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 Hosts is His name.

Commentaries on Isaiah 51:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15But I am the Lord thy God - In order to show them that he was able to save them, God again refers to the fact that he had divided the sea, and delivered their fathers from bondage and oppression. That divided the sea - The Red Sea. The Chaldee renders this, That rebuked the sea.‘ The Septuagint, ̔ ́ ho tarassōn - Who disturbs the sea.‘ or, who excites a tempest. Lowth renders it, Who stilleth at once the sea.‘ The Hebrew word is the same which occurs in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such deliverance in the mean time, as our cases require? In this world of changes, it is a short step from joy to sorrow, but in that world, sorrow shall never come in view. They prayed for the display of God's power; he answers them with consolations of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15I am the LORD: The Lord uses this phrase to show he is the covenant God. It assures his people that his words are true and his actions are reliable (see Isaiah 27:3–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. divided ... sea--the Red Sea. The same Hebrew word as "make to rest" (Is 51:4). Rather, "that terrify the sea," that is, restrain it by My rebuke, "when its waves roar" [Gesenius]. The Hebrew favors Maurer, "that terrify the sea so that the waves roar." The sense favors Gesenius (Jr 5:22; 31:35), or English Version (Is 51:9, 10, which favors the special reference to the exodus from Egypt).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 51:15

• Church
• Forgetting God

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Commentaries on Isaiah 51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings