Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Isaiah 43:16 belongs to Isaiah 41-45, where God's purpose for His people is revealed. Those chapters are to be studied prayerfully. The verse presents the Lord as the One who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters. It belongs to a chapter of promises and assurance that encourages believers who are afflicted amid judgments and calamities. It teaches God's people to depend on His infinite wisdom and not to turn away to finite human beings for wisdom.
Its context presents Israel as God's servant who will not be forgotten, whose transgressions are blotted out as a thick cloud, who is redeemed and called to return to God. Salvation comes by looking to God alone, for there is no God beside Him. Righteousness, strength, and justification are in the Lord, in whom all the seed of Israel shall be justified and shall glory.
The verse is included among prophecies fulfilled in the last days, when God's people are robbed and held captive and oppressed with none to deliver them. It is part of a prophecy about God's people being robbed, trapped, and imprisoned without a deliverer, which is to be fulfilled. That fulfillment comes when God's law is made void, in the setting of God manifesting His grace to His chosen people.
Isaiah 43:16 belongs to Isaiah 41-45, where God's purpose for His people is revealed. Those chapters are to be studied prayerfully. The verse presents the Lord as the One who makes a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters. It belongs to a chapter of promises and assurance that encourages believers who are afflicted amid judgments and calamities. It teaches God's people to depend on His infinite wisdom and not to turn away to finite human beings for wisdom.
Its context presents Israel as God's servant who will not be forgotten, whose transgressions are blotted out as a thick cloud, who is redeemed and called to return to God. Salvation comes by looking to God alone, for there is no God beside Him. Righteousness, strength, and justification are in the Lord, in whom all the seed of Israel shall be justified and shall glory.
The verse is included among prophecies fulfilled in the last days, when God's people are robbed and held captive and oppressed with none to deliver them. It is part of a prophecy about God's people being robbed, trapped, and imprisoned without a deliverer, which is to be fulfilled. That fulfillment comes when God's law is made void, in the setting of God manifesting His grace to His chosen people.