John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 51:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But I am the Lord thy God that divided the sea, whose waves roared, &c.] Referring to the dividing of the Red sea by a violent wind, at which time the waves of it doubtless roared till they were made to stand quietly, as a wall on the right and left, for the Israelites to pass through, as in (<235110>Isaiah 51:10). Or this is to be understood of the power of God at any time in stilling and quieting the sea when it rages; which signification the wordf1013 here used has, as Aben Ezra observes; which power is expressed by a rebuke or reproof of it. And so the Targum, “I am the Lord thy God, that rebuketh the sea:” and in like manner the Syriac version; (see <19A609>Psalm 106:9 <235002>Isaiah 50:2) with which compare (<400826>Matthew 8:26). Now he that can do, and oftentimes has done this, can rebuke, restrain, and still the fury of the oppressors, the rage of the persecutors, Rome Pagan or Papal, and deliver out of their hands, (<196507>Psalm 65:7): the Lord of hosts is his name: the Lord of armies in heaven and earth, and therefore is able to do these things in a natural, civil, and religious sense.

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