Text: Isaiah 63:13
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 15:8
Subject: led them through the depths
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology
Significance: Isaiah 63:13 recalls God leading Israel "through the depths" (בַּתְּהֹמוֹת, batehomot), directly echoing Exodus 15:8 where "the depths congealed in the heart of the sea" (קָפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת, qaf'u tehomot) at the Red Sea crossing. The shared vocabulary of תְּהוֹם (tehom, "deep") connects Isaiah's retrospective prayer to the Song of the Sea's celebration. Isaiah 63:13 adds the striking simile "like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble" — portraying Israel's passage through the divided sea as effortless as a horse galloping across open terrain. By recalling the physical miracle of Exodus 15:8 — the blast of God's nostrils piling up the waters — Isaiah invokes the original exodus as the paradigm for the deliverance he now petitions God to repeat.