Isaiah 51:10 - Exposition

Art thou not it which hath dried the sea? rather, was it not thou that didst dry up the sea? (comp. Exodus 14:21 , Exodus 14:22 ). The waters of the Red Sea are called those of "the great deep," because they are a portion of the circumambient ocean, not a tideless land-locked basin, like the Mediterranean. That hath made; rather, that madest. The allusion is to the single occasion of the passage of the Red Sea by the Israelites. Isaiah 51:11 .—The redeemed of the Lord (see the comment on Isaiah 35:10 . where the same passage occurs with scarcely any variation). Isaiah is not averse to repetitions (see Isaiah 5:25 ; Isaiah 9:12 , Isaiah 9:17 , Isaiah 9:21 ; Isaiah 10:4 ; Isaiah 11:1 ; Isaiah 65:25 ; Isaiah 48:22 ; Isaiah 57:21 , etc.).