Isaiah 43:16

16 Thus says the LORD, Who ¹makes a way through the sea And a path through 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 the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And will bring them all down as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.

15 "I am the LORD , your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King."

16 Thus says the LORD , Who makes a way through the sea And a path through the mighty waters,

17 Who brings forth the chariot and the horse, The army and the mighty man (They will lie down together and not rise again; They have been quenched and extinguished like a wick ):

18 "Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 14:21, 22; Psalms 77:19; Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 44:27; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 63:11, 12