Text: Isaiah 43:1
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 14
Subject: Israel's creator, redeemer, and provider
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Typology + Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Isaiah 43:1 declares "I have redeemed you" (גְּאַלְתִּיךָ, ge'altikha), and 43:2 promises "when you pass through the waters, I will be with you" — language that directly recalls Israel's passage through the Red Sea in Exodus 14. The verb גאל (ga'al, "redeem") ties the future restoration to the foundational redemptive act of the exodus. Isaiah deliberately layers creation and exodus language together (43:1 — "He who created you... He who formed you"), making the new exodus from Babylon simultaneously a new creation and a recapitulation of the original deliverance from Egypt. The waters that once threatened at the Red Sea will again be no barrier to the redeemed people.