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Isaiah 51:10

Isaiah 51:10
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep,.... That is, the Red sea, and the deep waters of it; as it did, by causing a strong east wind to blow, which drove the sea back,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Art thou not it - Art thou not still the same? The ground of the appeal is, that the same arm that dried up the sea, and made a path for the Jewish people, was still able to interpose and rescue them.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 51:9-16

In these verses we have,

I. A prayer that God would, in his providence, appear and act for the deliverance of his people and the mortification of his and their enemies. Awake, awake! put on strength,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the great deep (Gen 7:11; Amo 7:4; Psa 36:6) is the primeval ocean of Gen 1:2, out of which the dry land appeared. The Hebrew (těhôm) is connected etymologically with Tiâmat, the name of the…