Verse 16

The channels of the sea were visible, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the breath of his nostrils.

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  • Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
  • Hab 3:8-9 : 8 Was the LORD angry with the rivers? Was Your wrath against the streams? Was Your rage against the sea when You rode with Your horses, Your victorious chariots? 9 You uncovered Your bow; you called for many arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw You and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its hands high.
  • Matt 8:26-27 : 26 He replied, 'Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?' Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. 27 The men were amazed and asked, 'What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!'
  • Exod 14:21-27 : 21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind all night and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided. 22 The Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. 23 The Egyptians pursued them—all Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and horsemen—and went into the sea after them. 24 During the last watch of the night, the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud and threw it into confusion. 25 He caused the wheels of their chariots to come off so that they moved with difficulty. The Egyptians said, 'Let’s get away from Israel! The LORD is fighting for them against Egypt.' 26 Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.' 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak, the sea returned to its normal state. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, but the LORD swept them into the sea.
  • Exod 15:8-9 : 8 By the blast of Your nostrils, the waters piled up; the flowing waters stood like a wall; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.' 10 But You blew with Your wind, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
  • 2 Sam 22:9 : 9 Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; burning coals blazed out from him.
  • Job 38:11 : 11 and said, 'This far you may come, but no farther; here is where your proud waves must halt.'
  • Ps 18:15-17 : 15 He shot His arrows and scattered His enemies; with great bolts of lightning, He threw them into confusion. 16 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from Your nostrils. 17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
  • Ps 74:1 : 1 A contemplation of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep of Your pasture?
  • Ps 106:9 : 9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a wilderness.
  • Ps 114:3-7 : 3 The sea saw it and fled; the Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5 What is it, sea, that you flee? Jordan, that you turn back? 6 Mountains, why do you leap like rams, and hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,