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?
Parallel translations
- WEB Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
- KJV 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?
- NKJV Are You not the One who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road For the redeemed to cross over?
- NASB Was it not You who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; Who made the depths of the sea a pathway For the redeemed to cross over?
- NLT Are you not the same today, the one who dried up the sea, making a path of escape through the depths so that your people could cross over?
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They recall how God dried up the sea to make a path for the redeemed to cross over, the great exodus deliverance.
Overview
The prayer continues by remembering the parting of the Red Sea, when God made a way through the deep for His ransomed people. Past redemption fuels confidence for future deliverance. This pattern of God making a way of salvation reaches its climax in Christ, who leads His redeemed through death into life (1 Corinthians 10:1-4).
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Cross-references · 7
- Isa 43:16Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,
- Isa 63:11–12Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
- Isa 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
- Exod 14:21–22Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- Exod 15:13With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
- Ps 74:13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
- Isa 42:15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
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