Isaiah 43:16

16 Thus says Yahweh, who {makes} a way in the sea and a path in [the] mighty waters,

Isaiah 43:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 43:16

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 the Lord's people in the performance of what he had promised, to bring them out of Babylon; for he that had done this, and the rest that are mentioned, could easily remove all difficulties that lay in the way of their deliverance: and a path in the mighty waters;
either of the Red sea, or it may be of Jordan; through which the Israelites passed into the land of Canaan.

Isaiah 43:16 In-Context

14 Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the holy one of Israel: "For your sake I will send [to] Babylon, and I will cause all of them to fall down [as] fugitives, and {the Chaldeans}, their rejoicing on the ships.

15 I [am] Yahweh, your holy one, the creator of Israel, your king."

16 Thus says Yahweh, who {makes} a way in the sea and a path in [the] mighty waters,

17 who brings out chariot and horse, army and mighty one. Together they lie down; they cannot rise. They are extinguished, quenched like [a] wick.

18 "You must not remember [the] former things, and you not must consider [the] former things.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "gives"