Isa Isaiah, chapter Book of Isaiah, chapter 51
Salvation for Zion
“Listen 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 hewn.
Look to Abraham your father,
and to Sarah who gave you birth.
When I called him, he was but one;
then I blessed him and multiplied him.Gen 12:1
For the LORD will comfort Zion
and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
He will make her wilderness like Eden
and her desert like the garden of the LORD.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.Ezk 36:35; Psa 110:2; Isa 2:3
Pay attention to Me, My people,
and listen to Me, My nation;
for a law will go out from Me,
and My justice will become a light to the nations;
I will bring it about quickly.
My righteousness draws near,
My salvation is on the way,
and My arms will bring justice to the nations.
The islands51:5 Or coastlands will look for Me
and wait in hope for My arm.Isa 59:16
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth below;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its people will die like gnats.
But My salvation will last forever,
and My righteousness will never fail.Psa 102:26
Listen to Me, you who know what is right,
you people with My law in your hearts:
Do not fear the scorn of men;
do not be broken by their insults.Psa 37:31
For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
My salvation through all generations.”Isa 51:6
Awake, awake,
put on strength, O arm of the LORD.
Wake up as in days past,
as in generations of old.
Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces,
who pierced through the dragon?Luk 1:51; Exo 14:14
Was it not You who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,
who made a road in the depths of the sea
for the redeemed to cross over?Exo 14:21
So the redeemed of the LORD will return
and enter Zion with singing,
crowned with everlasting joy.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.Psa 126:5; Isa 66:14; Jhn 16:22
“I, even I, am He who comforts you.
Why should you be afraid of mortal man,
of a son of man who withers like grass?Mat 10:28; Psa 90:5-6
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
You live in terror all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor
who is bent on destruction.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?Jer 51:15
The captive will soon be freed;
he will not die in the dungeon,
and his bread will not be lacking.
For I am the LORD your God
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the LORD of Hosts is His name.Job 26:12; Isa 54:5
I have put My words in your mouth,
and covered you with the shadow of My hand,
to establish51:16 Or to plant the heavens, to found the earth,
and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”Isa 49:2
God’s Fury Removed
Awake, awake!
Rise up, O Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD
the cup of His fury;
you who have drained the goblet to the dregs —
the cup that makes men stagger.Psa 60:3; Jer 25:15; Ezk 23:31
Among all the sons she bore,
there is no one to guide her;
among all the sons she brought up,
there is no one to take her hand.
These pairs have befallen you:
devastation and destruction,
famine and sword.
Who will grieve for you?
Who can comfort you?51:19 DSS, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; MT How can I comfort you?Isa 47:9
Your sons have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street,
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the wrath of the LORD,
the rebuke of your God.
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one,
drunken, but not with wine.Jer 25:18; Jer 25:27
Thus says your Lord, the LORD,
even your God, who defends His people:
“See, I have removed from your hand
the cup of staggering.
From that goblet, the cup of My fury,
you will never drink again.Isa 51:17
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors,
who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’
so that you made your back like the ground,
like a street to be traversed.”Psa 75:8; Psa 129:3; Isa 49:26