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Allusion
Later text
The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals. There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
Earlier text
Exodus 23:20BSB
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Isaiah 11:15-16 envisions the LORD splitting the Euphrates into seven streams for dry crossing and a מְסִלָּה (mesillah, "highway") for the remnant returning from Assyria, "as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt." This directly recalls God's promise in Exodus 23:20 to send an angel (מַלְאָךְ, mal'akh) to protect Israel along the way. The full passage (11:15-16) extends the highway motif by adding the miraculous drying of waters — combining the sea-crossing (Ex 14) with the wilderness-guiding angel (Ex 23:20). The new exodus will recapitulate both elements: supernatural water-crossing and divinely prepared highway.