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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Isaiah 43:1-2 → Exodus 14

Allusion

Later text

Isaiah 43:1-2BSB

Now this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Earlier text

Significance

Isaiah 43:1-2 combines creation and exodus language: "He who created you... He who formed you... When you pass through the waters, I will be with you." The promise of safe passage through waters directly recalls Exodus 14 where Israel passed through the sea on dry ground. The verbs בָּרָא (bara, "create") and יָצַר (yatsar, "form") frame redemption as a creative act, while the water-crossing imagery ties it to the exodus paradigm. Isaiah presents the coming deliverance from Babylon as both a new creation and a new exodus — God will again bring His people through threatening waters to safety.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology + Longitudinal Theme

Linked Mentions 3

Trajectory Tables 3