Isaiah 51
51
Comfort Zion With Justice
1“Listen to Me, you who pursue justice, you who seek Adonai. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
2Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you. For when I called him, he was but one, then I blessed him and multiplied him.”
3For Adonai will comfort Zion. He will comfort all her waste places. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of Adonai. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and a sound of melody.
4“Pay attention to Me, My people, give ear to Me, My nation. For Torah will go out from Me, My justice as a light to the peoples.
5My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone out, and My arms will judge the nations. The coastlands will wait for Me— for My arm they will wait expectantly.
6Lift up your eyes 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, but My salvation will be forever, and My righteousness never wane.
7Listen to Me, you who know justice, a people with My Torah in their heart: Do not fear the taunt of men, nor be dismayed at their insults.
8For the moth will eat them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will be forever and My salvation for all generations.”
9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Adonai, awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
10Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a path for the redeemed to pass over?
11Now the ransomed of Adonai will return, and come to Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will be upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
12“I, I am the One who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear man, who dies, or a son of man, who is given up like grass?”
13But you forgot Adonai your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. Are you in constant dread all day because of the fury of the oppressor as he makes ready to destroy? But where is the fury of the oppressor?
14Soon one bowed down will be released. He will not die and go to the Pit, nor will his bread be lacking.
15“For I am Adonai your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name.
16I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand— I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
17Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem! From Adonai’s hand you have drunk the cup of His fury, the chalice of reeling that you have drained to the dregs.
18There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne, nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has raised.
19These two things have befallen you —who will mourn for you?— devastation and destruction, famine and the sword. How will I comfort you?
20Your sons have fainted. They lie at every street corner, like an antelope in a net. They are full of Adonai’s fury, the rebuke of your God.
21Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted, who are drunk, but not with wine.
22Thus says your Lord, Adonai your God who defends His people: “Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of reeling, the bowl of My wrath. You will never drink it again.
23Then I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, who said to you, ‘Lie down, so we may walk over you.’ You have made your back like the ground and like a street for passersby.
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Isaiah 51
51
Zion’s Restoration
1“Listen to me, you who chase after righteousness, # 51:1 See Deut. 16:20; Prov. 15:9; 21:21.
you who passionately pursue the Lord.
Look back to Abraham, the rock from which you were cut,
to Sarah, the quarry from which you were dug,
and remember what I did for them.
2Yes, look to Abraham your father and to Sarah, who bore you.
For when I called Abraham, he was but one person,
but I blessed him greatly so that one became many.” # 51:2 Part of the Abrahamic blessing was the power to procreate, even when Sarah was barren.
3Indeed, Yahweh will comfort Zion, restore her,
and comfort all her broken places.
He will transform her wilderness into the garden of Bliss, # 51:3 Or “the garden of Eden.” See Joel 2:3.
her desert into the garden of Yahweh.
Joy and laughter will fill the air # 51:3 Or “will abide in her.”
with thanksgiving and joyous melodies.
4“Listen to me, my people;
pay attention to me, my nation.
For I release my teaching to the nations,
and I will cause the light of justice to rest on them. # 51:4 Or “I will make my justice a light for the nations.” See John 8:12.
5My righteousness is coming closer, # 51:5 See Mark 1:14–15. Isa. 51:5 gives us three pictures of Jesus Christ: God’s righteousness, God’s salvation, and God’s mighty arms.
and my salvation has gone out.
My mighty arms will govern the people.
The islands will trust in me
and put their hope in the unveiling of my might. # 51:5 Or “hope in my arm [of power].”
6Lift up your eyes to the heavenly realm
and look at the earth far below.
Though the heavens disappear like smoke,
though the earth wears out like a garment,
and though all the people die like gnats,
my salvation will endure forever
and my righteousness will never end!
7So listen to me, you who care for what is right,
who treasure my teaching in your hearts:
Do not fear the insults of others;
do not be troubled when they revile you.
8They are nothing for you to fear,
for the moth will eat them up like a shirt
and the worm will consume them like wool,
but my righteousness will last forever
and my salvation from generation to generation.”
Cry Out to God
9Awake, God, awake!
Arm of Yahweh, put on your robe of strength!
Awake and do the works of power as in ancient days,
as in generations past!
Wasn’t it you who smashed the sea monster # 51:9 This is the Hebrew word rahav (Rahab), likely a metaphor for Egypt. to pieces,
who pierced the dragon # 51:9 See Ps. 74:13–14; Ezek. 29:3. in generations long ago?
10Wasn’t it you who dried up the Red Sea with its deep waters
and made a path through the sea to rescue # 51:10 Or “to cross over.” your redeemed?
11Do it again!
Those Yahweh has set free
will return to Zion and come celebrating with songs of joy!
They will be crowned with never-ending joy!
Gladness and joy will overwhelm them;
despair and depression will disappear!
12“I, yes I, am the one who comforts you.
All the sons of men will be cut down and fade like grass.
Why then would you be afraid of a mere human being?
13You have forgotten that Yahweh, your Maker,
stretched out the skies and laid earth’s firm foundation.
But you live each day constantly worrying, # 51:13 Or “trembling.”
living in fear of your angry oppressor
who is bent on your destruction.
But their fury cannot touch you!
14Those who are suffering will soon be released.
They will not die in their dark dungeon,
nor will they go hungry.
15For I am Yahweh, your faithful God,
who split the sea with its roaring waves. # 51:15 See Ps. 74:13; Jer. 31:35.
My name is Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies!”
Hidden in the Hollow of His Hand
16“I have placed my words in your mouth # 51:16 Jesus Christ is the true Prophet who has the words of God in his mouth.
and have hidden you in the hollow # 51:16 Or “shadow.” of my hand
to establish the heavens and make the earth rock solid.
You will say to Zion, ‘You are my people!’ ”
Wake Up, Zion
17Wake up! Wake up! # 51:17 In v. 9, the people were crying out to God to awaken and arise, but here God was telling the people they were the ones who must wake up and arise. Get up, Jerusalem!
You have drunk enough from the cup Yahweh handed you.
It was the cup of his anger, and you’ve drained it dry—
the intoxicating bowl that makes men stagger!
18There are none of Zion’s children left,
none to guide her home # 51:18 The image here is that Zion has been intoxicated by drinking the cup of God’s anger (see Jer. 49:12) and there is no one there to take her home in that condition. In the culture of that day, it was the responsibility of children to guide a drunken parent home. and take her by the hand,
none among all the children she has raised.
19Twin calamities have come upon you,
but who will feel sorry for you?
Disaster and devastation, famine and war, # 51:19 Although there are four listed, this double calamity is seen in two couplets (disaster and devastation, famine and war).
but who will comfort you?
20Your children have fainted and lie fallen in the streets,
like a gazelle caught in a net.
Yahweh’s anger,
the rebuke of your God, has overwhelmed them.
21So listen, you who are weak and wounded,
who are intoxicated not with wine but with God’s anger.
22This is what your sovereign ruler,
Lord Yahweh, your God,
the Mighty Defender of his people, says:
“Look! I have removed from your hand
the intoxicating cup that made you stagger.
You will no longer drink from the bowl of my anger.
23Instead, I will put that bowl
in the hands of your tormentors who said to you,
‘Lie down so we can walk all over you!’
For your back became like the ground they trample on,
like a street for them to walk on.”
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