Isaiah 43:17

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

¹⁶ Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

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.

¹⁹ Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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:
KJV: Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
WEB: who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:
ASV: who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):
DARBY: who bringeth forth chariot and horse, army and power they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as tow:
BLB: the One bringing forth the chariot and horse, the army and [its] might together; they will lie down, [and] they will not rise; they are extinguished; like a wick they are quenched.

ÅB: som lot vogner og hester, hær og krigsmakt dra ut - alle sammen ligger de der, de står ikke opp, de er slukket, som en tande sluknet de - :
OTB: som fører ut vognen og hesten, hæren og den mektige mannen; de skal legge seg ned sammen og ikke reise seg igjen, utslukket, slukket som en veke:
B1930: som lot vogner og hester, hær og krigsmakt dra ut - alle sammen ligger de der, de står ikke op, de er slukket, som en tande sluknet de - :

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 1:31
The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
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Exodus 14:4–9
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
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Psalms 118:12
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
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Revelation 20:8–9
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
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Psalms 76:5–6
The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
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Ezekiel 38:8–18
After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
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Isaiah 14:20–22
You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
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Exodus 14:23–28
And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
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