Isaiah 43:16
Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Cross-reference
Isaiah 43:2 promises protection through waters, using the same Exodus imagery as the past deliverance recalled here.
Isaiah 63:11‑14 recalls the Exodus crossing in detail, remembering how God divided the waters and led His people through.
Isaiah 51:10 recalls the same Red Sea miracle, asking if God was the one who dried up the sea and made a road.
Isaiah 11:16 explicitly compares the future highway to the Exodus crossing, directly linking to this verse’s event.
Isaiah 11:15 prophesies a future drying of the sea, mirroring the Exodus path God made through the waters here.
Isaiah 50:2 directly mentions drying up the sea by rebuke, echoing the same demonstration of power.
Isaiah 44:27 uses similar language of drying rivers — a parallel within the same prophetic book of God's mastery over waters.
Exodus 14:21 describes the actual dividing of the sea by God's wind, the miraculous action behind Isaiah 43:16's imagery.
Psalm 136:13-15 praises God for dividing the Red Sea and overthrowing Pharaoh — directly echoing the deliverance Isaiah references.
Psalm 114:3-5 poetically recounts the same Exodus miracle — the sea fleeing at God's presence, reinforcing God's power over waters.
Psalm 106:9 recalls God rebuking the Red Sea to dry ground, leading Israel through the depths, the very miracle Isaiah references.
Psalm 78:13 explicitly recounts the Red Sea parting and waters standing like a heap, reinforcing the historical basis for Isaiah's metaphor.
Psalm 77:19 uses nearly identical phrasing—'Your way was through the sea'—making it a direct poetic echo of the same event.
Psalm 74:13 celebrates God dividing the sea, likely the Red Sea, and breaking sea monsters, expanding on God's power over waters.
Nehemiah 9:11 explicitly recites the Red Sea crossing, confirming that Isaiah 43:16 refers to this defining act of deliverance.
Exodus 14:29 shows the result: Israel walking on dry ground between walls of water, directly illustrating the 'way in the sea'.
Exodus 14:16 records God's command to part the sea, the specific event that Isaiah 43:16 summarizes as making a way in the sea.
Joshua 4:23 explicitly compares the Jordan drying to the Red Sea drying, confirming the same divine pattern.
Joshua 3:13-16 recounts a similar miracle at the Jordan River, where God again makes a dry path through waters, echoing the Exodus pattern.
Revelation 16:12 shows God drying the Euphrates to prepare a way — a future parallel to God making a way through the sea.