Isaiah 43:16

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¹⁴ Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

¹⁵ I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”

Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

¹⁷ who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

¹⁸ “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,
KJV: Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
WEB: The LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
ASV: Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
DARBY: Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
BLB: Thus says YHWH, the One giving a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

ÅB: Så sier Herren, som gjorde vei i havet og sti i mektige vann,
OTB: Dette er hva Herren erklærer— Han som lager en vei gjennom havet og en sti gjennom de mektige vannene,
B1930: Så sier Herren, som gjorde vei i havet og sti i mektige vann,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 51:10
Was 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?
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Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
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Psalms 77:19
Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
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Jeremiah 31:35
Thus 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:
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Psalms 106:9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
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Psalms 78:13
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
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Isaiah 51:15
For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
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Nehemiah 9:11
You 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.
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