Isaiah 51:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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, O arm of the Lord! Isa. 51:9. The arm of the Lord is Christ, or it is put for God himself, as Ps. 44:23. Awake! why sleepest thou? He that keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps; but, when we pray that he would awake, we mean that he would make it to appear that he watches over his people and is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 רגע "qui tranquillat" Gakater; "faciens... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:12-16

AN ADDRESS OF GOD TO HIS CAPTIVE PEOPLE . There is no very clear connection between this passage and the preceding, to which it is certainly not an answer. God comforts the captives under the oppression which they are suffering read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:12-16

A just confidence in God is a security against cowardly fears. Men "fear continually every day" because of the emnity, or fury, or malignity, or cunning, of those who oppress them, or of those who would fain oppress them. They tremble before the wrath of men; they give little thought to the wrath of God. Half the sins that are committed spring from cowardice—a short-sighted cowardice, which consists in fearing those who can, at most, "kill the body," and not fearing him who after death can... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:12-16

Expostulation against unbelief. If the Eternal be the Pastor and the Comforter of Israel, what has Israel to fear? I. THE NATURAL TIMIDITY OF THE HEART . We are cravens, all of us. We stand in dread of our own image; we quail before "frail man that dieth, and the son of the earth-born who is given up as grass." A frown makes us tremble; a menace unmans us. We are the slaves of custom and opinion. Anxiety is ever conjuring up dangers which exist not, and forecasting calamities... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:15

But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea ; rather, for I, the Lord thy God , am he that divided the sea (comp. Isaiah 51:10 ). The reference is once more to the great miracle wrought at the Exodus, when the Red Sea was "divided" before the host of Israelites ( Exodus 14:21 ; comp. Psalms 74:13 ). Whose waves roared (see Exodus 14:27 ; Exodus 15:10 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:15

But I am the Lord thy God - In order to show them that he was able to save them, God again refers to the fact that he had divided the sea, and delivered their fathers from bondage and oppression.That divided the sea - The Red Sea. The Chaldee renders this, ‘That rebuked the sea.’ The Septuagint, Ὁ ταράσσων ho tarassōn - ‘Who disturbs the sea.’ or, who excites a tempest. Lowth renders it, ‘Who stilleth at once the sea.’ The Hebrew word is the same which occurs in Isaiah 51:4, where it is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:14-16

Isaiah 51:14-16 . The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed From his captivity, and may return to his own country from which he is banished. And that he should not die in the pit Die a prisoner, through the inconveniences and hardships of his confinement; nor that his bread should fail The bread or provision allowed to keep him alive in prison. The general sense of the verse is, God is not slack, as you think, but makes haste to fulfil his promise, and rescue his captive and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 51:1-23

God of the impossible (51:1-23)To the captive Jews it must have seemed almost impossible to escape from the powerful grip of the tyrant Babylon, make the long journey over harsh territory and then rebuild their ruined country. God encourages them with reminders of the apparently impossible things he has done for them in the past. The very origin of Israel was something of a miracle. God built a nation out of one couple, even though the man and his wife were past the age when they might normally... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 51:15

divided the sea. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:21 ). The LORD of hosts. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3 . read more

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