divided ... sea - the Red Sea. The same Hebrew word as “make to rest” (Isa 51:4). Rather, “that terrify the sea,” that is, restrain it by My rebuke, “when its waves roar” [Gesenius]. The Hebrew favors Maurer, “that terrify the sea so that the waves roar.” The sense favors Gesenius (Jer 5:22; Jer 31:35), or English Version (Isa 51:9, Isa 51:10, which favors the special reference to the exodus from Egypt).