““For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.”
Isaiah 54:9
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Connection with God's promise after the flood
Through Isaiah, God tied His oath after the flood, that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth, to something larger. He calls it a covenant of peace that "will not be broken" (Isaiah 54:10).
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Genesis 9 is the first covenant in Scripture that God calls olam, everlasting. Isaiah reached back to it here to promise Israel that God's mercy would hold through anything, then added, "My covenant of peace will not be broken" (Isaiah 54:10). The flood promise became the pattern for every promise God made after it.
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