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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses Israel during a period of anticipated deliverance from captivity, immediately preceding promises of liberation and divine protection.
The words — The Hebrew רֹגַע (ro.Ga') literally means “stirs up,” paired with וַ/יֶּהֱמ֖וּ (va/i.ye.he.Mu), “and they roared,” describing the sea’s violent motion.
The thread — The motif of God stirring the sea appears in Jeremiah 31:35, while the title “LORD of Hosts” echoes Isaiah 54:5 and Amos 9:5.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition of Yahweh’s absolute sovereignty over chaotic natural forces as the basis for trusting His covenant promises.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
Cross-references
- 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:
- Isaiah 54:5 For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Amos 9:5 The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
- Psalms 74:13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
- Psalms 114:3 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
- Psalms 136:13 He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
- Isaiah 47:4 Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.
- 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?
- Jeremiah 10:16 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Job 26:12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.