New English Translation
Isaiah 51:15
15I am the Lord your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The Lord who commands armies is his name!
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
13Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor? 14The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry. I am the Lord your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The Lord who commands armies is his name! 16I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’” 17Wake up! Wake up! Get up, O Jerusalem! You drank from the cup the Lord passed to you, which was full of his anger! You drained dry the goblet full of intoxicating wine.
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וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ רֹגַ֣ע הַיָּ֔ם וַיֶּהֱמ֖וּ גַּלָּ֑יו יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 51:15
- Isaiah 51:10Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?
- Nehemiah 9:11You split the sea before them, and they crossed through the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into surging waters.
- Job 26:12By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.
- Psalms 74:13You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.
- Psalms 114:3The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back.
- Psalms 136:13to the one who divided the Red Sea in two, for his loyal love endures,
- Jeremiah 31:35The Lord has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. He promises it as the one who is known as the Lord who rules over all.
- Amos 9:5The sovereign Lord who commands armies will do this. He touches the earth and it dissolves; all who live on it mourn. The whole earth rises like the River Nile, and then grows calm like the Nile in Egypt.
- Isaiah 47:4says our protector – the Lord who commands armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 48:2Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord who commands armies.
- Isaiah 54:5For your husband is the one who made you – the Lord who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called “God of the entire earth.”
- Jeremiah 10:16The Lord, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all.”
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
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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
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