Isaías 51:15

15 Porque yo soy el SEÑOR tu Dios,yo agito el mar, y rugen sus olas;el SEÑORTodopoderoso es mi nombre.

Isaías 51:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 51:15

But I am the Lord thy God that divided the sea, whose waves
roared
Referring to the dividing of the Red sea by a violent wind, at which time the waves of it doubtless roared till they were made to stand quietly, as a wall on the right and left, for the Israelites to pass through, as in ( Isaiah 51:10 ) . Or this is to be understood of the power of God at any time in stilling and quieting the sea when it rages; which signification the word ^F19 here used has, as Aben Ezra observes; which power is expressed by a rebuke or reproof of it. And so the Targum,

``I am the Lord thy God, that rebuketh the sea:''

and in like manner the Syriac version; see ( Psalms 106:9 ) ( Isaiah 50:2 ) with which compare ( Matthew 8:26 ) . Now he that can do, and oftentimes has done this, can rebuke, restrain, and still the fury of the oppressors, the rage of the persecutors, Rome Pagan or Papal, and deliver out of their hands, ( Psalms 65:7 ) : the Lord of hosts is his name:
the Lord of armies in heaven and earth, and therefore is able to do these things in a natural, civil, and religious sense.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (egr) "qui tranquillat" Gakater; "faciens quiescere", so some in Vitringa; and the word has the signification of rest and quietness in ver 4.

Isaías 51:15 In-Context

13 ¿Has olvidado al SEÑOR, que te hizo;al que extendió los cielos y afirmó la tierra?¿Vivirás cada día en terror constantepor causa de la furia del opresorque está dispuesto a destruir?Pero ¿dónde está esa furia?

14 Pronto serán liberados los prisioneros;no morirán en el calabozo,ni les faltará el pan.

15 Porque yo soy el SEÑOR tu Dios,yo agito el mar, y rugen sus olas;el SEÑORTodopoderoso es mi nombre.

16 He puesto mis palabras en tu bocay te he cubierto con la sombra de mi mano;he establecido los cielos y afirmado la tierra,y he dicho a Sión: “Tú eres mi pueblo”».

17 ¡Despierta, Jerusalén, despierta!Levántate, tú, que de la mano del SEÑORhas bebido la copa de su furia;tú, que has bebido hasta el fondola copa que entorpece a los hombres.