Text: Isaiah 63:14
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 78:52
Subject: led his people
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Isaiah 63:14 describes God guiding Israel to rest (נוּחַ, nuach): "As cattle go down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest (תְּנִיחֶנּוּ, tenichenu)." Psalm 78:52 uses shepherd imagery for the same wilderness leading: "He led His people out like a flock (כַּצֹּאן, katson) and guided them like a herd in the wilderness." Both passages present the exodus journey as God shepherding His people — Isaiah using cattle imagery, the Psalm using sheep imagery. The common theme is divine guidance of a vulnerable people through a hostile landscape toward a place of rest. Isaiah adds the distinctive element of the Spirit as the agent of rest-giving, connecting the shepherding motif to the pneumatology of Isaiah 63:10-14.