Isaiah 51
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1Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness,
Ye that seek Jehovah:
Look unto the rock, from whence ye were hewn,
And to the hole of the pit, whence ye were digged.
2Look unto Abraham your father,
And unto Sarah, who bare you:
For I called him, being then one,
And blessed him, and multiplied him.
3For Jehovah shall comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her desolate places:
And He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of Jehovah:
Joy and gladness shall be found in her,
Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
4Attend unto me, my people;
And give ear unto me, O my nation:
For a law shall proceed from me,
And my judgment will I establish for a light of the people.
5My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth;
And mine arm shall judge the people;
The isles shall wait upon me,
And on mine arm shall they trust
6Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
And look upon the earth beneath:
For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke,
And the earth shall wax old like a garment,
And the inhabitants thereof shall die off like insects;
But my solvation shall be for ever,
And my righteousness shall not be abolished.
7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness,
The people in whose heart is my law;
Fear ye not the reproach of men,
Neither be ye borne down by their revilings:
8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment,
And the worm shall eat them like wool:
But my righteousness shall be for ever,
And my salvation from generation to generation.
9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah!
Awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old.
Art thou not it that cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
10Art thou not it which dried the sea, the waters of the great deep?
That made the depths of the sea a path for the redeemed to pass over?
11Thus shall the ransomed of Jehovah return,
And come with singing unto Zion;
And everlasting joy shall be upon their head:
They shall obtain gladness and joy,
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
12I, even I, am he that comforteth you:
Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of man that shall die,
And of the son of man, who shall be made as grass?
13And shouldest forget Jehovah thy maker,
Who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth;
And shouldest fear continually, every day,
Because of the fury of the oppressor,
As if he were ready to destroy:
And where is the fury of the oppressor?
14The bound prisoner shall soon be released:
He shall not die in the pit,
Neither shall his bread fail.
15For I am Jehovah thy God,
He who setteth the sea in commotion, so that the waves thereof roar:
Jehovah of hosts is his name.
16I have put my words in thy mouth,
And with the shadow of my hand have I covered thee:
That I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth,
And say unto Zion: Thou art my people.
17Awake, awake; stand up, O Jerusalem!
Which hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury:
The dregs of the cup of dizziness, hast thou drunk; thou hast wrung them out.
18There is not one to guide her of all the sons which she hath brought forth;
Neither is there one to support her by the hand, of all the sons which she hath brought up.
19These two things have befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee?
Desolation and destruction; and the famine and the sword; by whom shall I comfort thee?
20Thy sons have fainted away; they lie down at the head of all the streets,
As a stag in a net;
They are full of the fury of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.
21Wherefore hear now this, thou afflicted,
And drunken, but not with wine.
22Thus saith thy Lord, Jehovah,
And thy God, who pleadeth the cause of his people;
Behold! I take from thy hand the cup of dizziness,
The dregs of the cup of my fury;
Thou shalt no more drink it again.
23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee,
Who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over:
And thou madest thy back as the ground,
And as the street, to them that passed over.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 51
51
Salvation for Zion
1Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
2Look to Abraham your father,
and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain.
When I called him, he was only one;
I blessed him and made him many. # Gn 12:1; 15:5; Dt 1:10; Is 29:22; 41:8; 63:16; Ezk 33:24
3For the Lord will comfort Zion; # Is 40:1
He will comfort all her waste places,
and He will make her wilderness like Eden, # Gn 2:8; Jl 2:3
and her desert like the garden of the Lord. # Gn 13:10
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.
4Pay attention to Me, My people,
and listen to Me, My nation;
for instruction will come from Me,
and My justice for a light to the nations. # Is 42:6; 49:6
I will bring it about quickly.
5My righteousness is near, # Is 46:13; 54:17
My salvation appears,
and My arms will bring justice to the nations. # Is 40:10
The coastlands # Or islands will put their hope in Me,
and they will look to My strength. # Lit arm
6Look up to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its inhabitants will die like gnats. # Or die in like manner # Ps 102:25-26; Is 34:4; Mt 24:35; Heb 1:10-12; 2Pt 3:10
But My salvation will last forever, # Is 45:17; 2Tm 2:10; Heb 5:9
and My righteousness will never be shattered.
7Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is My instruction: # Ps 37:31
do not fear disgrace by men,
and do not be shattered by their taunts.
8For the moth will devour them like a garment, # Is 50:9
and the worm will eat them like wool. # Is 14:11
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.
9Wake up, wake up!
Put on the strength of the Lord’s power.
Wake up as in days past,
as in generations of long ago.
Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces, # Jb 26:12; Ps 89:10; Is 30:7
who pierced the sea monster? # Ps 74:13; Is 27:1
10Wasn’t it You who dried up the sea, # Is 11:15-16; 50:2; 63:11-12
the waters of the great deep,
who made the sea-bed into a road
for the redeemed to pass over? # Ex 15:13
11And the redeemed of the Lord will return # Is 35:10
and come to Zion with singing,
crowned with unending joy.
Joy and gladness will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.
12I — I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies, # Ps 118:6; Is 2:22
or a son of man who is given up like grass? # Is 40:6-7; Jms 1:10-11; 1Pt 1:24
13But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth. # Is 44:24; 45:12, Am 9:6; Zch 12:1
You are in constant dread all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who has set himself to destroy.
But where is the fury of the oppressor? # Is 49:26
14The prisoner # Hb obscure is soon to be set free;
he will not die and go to the Pit,
and his food will not be lacking.
15For I am Yahweh your God
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar # Ps 107:25; Jr 31:35 —
His name is Yahweh of Hosts.
16I have put My words in your mouth, # Is 59:21
and covered you in the shadow of My hand, # Ex 33:22; Is 49:2
in order to plant # Syr reads to stretch out the heavens,
to found the earth,
and to say to Zion, “You are My people.”
17Wake yourself, wake yourself up!
Stand up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk the cup of His fury # Jb 21:20; Is 63:6; Jr 25:15; Mt 20:22; 26:39; Jn 18:1; Rv 14:10
from the hand of the Lord;
you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs —
the cup that causes people to stagger.
18There is no one to guide her
among all the children she has raised;
there is no one to take hold of her hand
among all the offspring she has brought up.
19These two things have happened to you: # Is 47:9
devastation and destruction,
famine and sword.
Who will grieve for you?
How can I # DSS, LXX, Syr, Vg read you? Who can comfort you?
20Your children have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the Lord’s fury,
the rebuke of your God.
21So listen to this, afflicted
and drunken one — but not with wine. # Is 29:9
22This is what your Lord says —
Yahweh, even your God,
who defends His people # Is 3:12-13; 49:25; Jr 50:34 —
“Look, I have removed
the cup of staggering from your hand;
that goblet, the cup of My fury.
You will never drink it again.
23I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you: # Is 49:26; Jr 25:15-17,26,28; Zch 12:2
Lie down, so we can walk over you.
You made your back like the ground,
and like a street for those who walk on it.
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