Isaiah 51:15

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“For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.”

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God, Quieting the sea, when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 51:15 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
  2. Nehemiah 9:11You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
  3. Job 26:12By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
  4. Psalms 74:13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
  5. Psalms 114:3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
  6. Psalms 136:13He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
  7. Isaiah 47:4Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name— is the Holy One of Israel.
  8. Isaiah 48:2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  9. Isaiah 51:10Was 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?
  10. Isaiah 54:5For 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.
  11. Jeremiah 10:16The 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.
  12. Jeremiah 31:35Thus 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:
  13. Jeremiah 51:5For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”
  14. Amos 9:5The 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—

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