15 The Lord will divide[a][b] the Gulf of Suez.[c]
He will wave His hand over the Euphrates
with His mighty wind(A)
and will split it into seven streams,
letting people walk through on foot.
16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people
who will survive from Assyria,(B)
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:15 Text emended; MT reads destroy
  2. Isaiah 11:15 Or dry up
  3. Isaiah 11:15 Lit the Sea of Egypt

Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem?(A)
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;(B)
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.

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11 Then He[a] remembered the days of the past,
the days of Moses and his people.
Where is He who brought them out of the sea
with the shepherds[b] of His flock?
Where is He who put His Holy Spirit among the flock?
12 He sent His glorious arm
to be at Moses’ right hand,
divided the waters before them(A)
to obtain eternal fame for Himself,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:11 Or he, or they
  2. Isaiah 63:11 LXX, Tg, Syr read shepherd

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