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Isaiah 51 (WEBP)

[1] “Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.
[2] Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.
[3] For Yahweh has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh. Joy and gladness will be found in them, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
[4] “Listen to me, my people; and hear me, my nation, for a law will go out from me, and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.
[5] My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.
[6] Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
[7] “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
[8] For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
[9] Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
[10] Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
[11] Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
[12] “I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
[13] Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?
[14] The captive exile will speedily be freed. He will not die and go down into the pit. His bread won’t fail.
[15] For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. Yahweh of Armies is his name.
[16] I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
[17] Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from Yahweh’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
[18] There is no one to guide her among all the sons to whom she has given birth; and there is no one who takes her by the hand among all the sons whom she has brought up.
[19] These two things have happened to you— who will grieve with you?— desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword. How can I comfort you?
[20] Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net. They are full of Yahweh’s wrath, the rebuke of your God.
[21] Therefore now hear this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
[22] Your Lord Yahweh, your God who pleads the cause of his people, says, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath. You will not drink it any more.
[23] I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 51 (KJVS)

[1] Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
[2] Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
[3] For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
[4] Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
[5] My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
[6] Lift 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 they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
[7] Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
[8] For 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.
[9] Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
[10] Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
[11] Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
[12] I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
[13] and forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared 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?
[14] The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
[15] But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
[16] And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
[17] Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
[18] There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
[19] These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
[20] Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
[21] Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
[22] thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
[23] but I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

Isaiah 51:13 Or, made himself ready
Isaiah 51:19a Heb. happened
Isaiah 51:19b Heb. breaking

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 51 (BYZ)

[1] Ἀκούσατέ () μου, () οἱ () διώκοντες () τὸ () δίκαιον () καὶ () ζητοῦντες () τὸν () κύριον, () ἐμβλέψατε () εἰς () τὴν () στερεὰν () πέτραν, () ἣν () ἐλατομήσατε, () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () βόθυνον () τοῦ () λάκκου, ὃν () ὠρύξατε. ()
[2] Ἐμβλέψατε () εἰς () Αβρααμ () τὸν () πατέρα () ὑμῶν () καὶ () εἰς () Σαρραν () τὴν () ὠδίνουσαν () ὑμᾶς· () ὅτι () εἷς () ἦν, () καὶ () ἐκάλεσα () αὐτὸν () καὶ () εὐλόγησα () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἠγάπησα () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἐπλήθυνα () αὐτόν. ()
[3] Καὶ () σὲ () νῦν () παρακαλέσω, () Σιων, () καὶ () παρεκάλεσα () πάντα () τὰ () ἔρημα () αὐτῆς () καὶ () θήσω () τὰ () ἔρημα () αὐτῆς () ὡς () παράδεισον () κυρίου· () εὐφροσύνην () καὶ () ἀγαλλίαμα εὑρήσουσιν () ἐν () αὐτῇ, () ἐξομολόγησιν καὶ () φωνὴν () αἰνέσεως. ()—
[4] ἀκούσατέ () μου () ἀκούσατε, () λαός () μου, () καὶ () οἱ () βασιλεῖς, () πρός () με () ἐνωτίσασθε· () ὅτι () νόμος () παρ’ () ἐμοῦ () ἐξελεύσεται () καὶ () ἡ () κρίσις () μου () εἰς () φῶς () ἐθνῶν. ()
[5] Ἐγγίζει () ταχὺ () ἡ () δικαιοσύνη () μου, () καὶ () ἐξελεύσεται () ὡς () φῶς () τὸ () σωτήριόν () μου, () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () βραχίονά () μου () ἔθνη () ἐλπιοῦσιν· () ἐμὲ () νῆσοι () ὑπομενοῦσιν () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () βραχίονά () μου () ἐλπιοῦσιν. ()
[6] Ἄρατε () εἰς () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμοὺς () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἐμβλέψατε () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () κάτω, () ὅτι () ὁ () οὐρανὸς () ὡς () καπνὸς () ἐστερεώθη, () ἡ () δὲ () γῆ () ὡς () ἱμάτιον () παλαιωθήσεται, () οἱ () δὲ () κατοικοῦντες () τὴν () γῆν () ὥσπερ () ταῦτα () ἀποθανοῦνται, () τὸ () δὲ () σωτήριόν () μου () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () ἔσται, () ἡ () δὲ () δικαιοσύνη () μου () οὐ () μὴ () ἐκλίπῃ. ()—
[7] ἀκούσατέ () μου, () οἱ () εἰδότες () κρίσιν, () λαός () μου, () οὗ () ὁ () νόμος () μου () ἐν () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () ὑμῶν· () μὴ () φοβεῖσθε () ὀνειδισμὸν () ἀνθρώπων () καὶ () τῷ () φαυλισμῷ αὐτῶν () μὴ () ἡττᾶσθε. ()
[8] Ὥσπερ () γὰρ () ἱμάτιον () βρωθήσεται () ὑπὸ () χρόνου () καὶ () ὡς () ἔρια () βρωθήσεται () ὑπὸ () σητός· () ἡ () δὲ () δικαιοσύνη () μου () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () ἔσται, () τὸ () δὲ () σωτήριόν () μου () εἰς () γενεὰς () γενεῶν. ()
[9] Ἐξεγείρου () ἐξεγείρου, () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () ἔνδυσαι () τὴν () ἰσχὺν () τοῦ () βραχίονός () σου· () ἐξεγείρου () ὡς () ἐν () ἀρχῇ () ἡμέρας, () ὡς () γενεὰ () αἰῶνος. () Οὐ () σὺ () εἶ ()
[10] ἡ () ἐρημοῦσα () θάλασσαν, () ὕδωρ () ἀβύσσου () πλῆθος; () Ἡ () θεῖσα () τὰ () βάθη () τῆς () θαλάσσης () ὁδὸν () διαβάσεως ῥυομένοις ()
[11] καὶ () λελυτρωμένοις; () Ὑπὸ () γὰρ () κυρίου () ἀποστραφήσονται () καὶ () ἥξουσιν () εἰς () Σιων () μετ’ () εὐφροσύνης () καὶ () ἀγαλλιάματος αἰωνίου· () ἐπὶ () γὰρ () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτῶν () ἀγαλλίασις () καὶ () αἴνεσις, () καὶ () εὐφροσύνη () καταλήμψεται () αὐτούς, () ἀπέδρα ὀδύνη () καὶ () λύπη () καὶ () στεναγμός. ()
[12] Ἐγώ () εἰμι () ἐγώ () εἰμι () ὁ () παρακαλῶν () σε· () γνῶθι () τίνα () εὐλαβηθεῖσα () ἐφοβήθης () ἀπὸ () ἀνθρώπου () θνητοῦ () καὶ () ἀπὸ () υἱοῦ () ἀνθρώπου, () οἳ () ὡσεὶ () χόρτος () ἐξηράνθησαν. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἐπελάθου () θεὸν () τὸν () ποιήσαντά () σε, () τὸν () ποιήσαντα () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () καὶ () θεμελιώσαντα () τὴν () γῆν, () καὶ () ἐφόβου () ἀεὶ () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας () τὸ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () θυμοῦ () τοῦ () θλίβοντός () σε· () ὃν () τρόπον () γὰρ () ἐβουλεύσατο () τοῦ () ἆραί () σε, () καὶ () νῦν () ποῦ () ὁ () θυμὸς () τοῦ () θλίβοντός () σε; ()
[14] Ἐν () γὰρ () τῷ () σῴζεσθαί () σε () οὐ () στήσεται () οὐδὲ () χρονιεῖ· ()
[15] ὅτι () ἐγὼ () ὁ () θεός () σου () ὁ () ταράσσων () τὴν () θάλασσαν () καὶ () ἠχῶν () τὰ () κύματα () αὐτῆς, () κύριος () σαβαωθ () ὄνομά () μοι. ()
[16] Θήσω () τοὺς () λόγους () μου () εἰς () τὸ () στόμα () σου () καὶ () ὑπὸ () τὴν () σκιὰν () τῆς () χειρός () μου () σκεπάσω σε, () ἐν () ᾗ () ἔστησα () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () καὶ () ἐθεμελίωσα () τὴν () γῆν· () καὶ () ἐρεῖ () Σιων () Λαός () μου () εἶ () σύ. ()
[17] Ἐξεγείρου () ἐξεγείρου () ἀνάστηθι, () Ιερουσαλημ () ἡ () πιοῦσα () τὸ () ποτήριον () τοῦ () θυμοῦ () ἐκ () χειρὸς () κυρίου· () τὸ () ποτήριον () γὰρ () τῆς () πτώσεως, () τὸ () κόνδυ τοῦ () θυμοῦ () ἐξέπιες καὶ () ἐξεκένωσας.
[18] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () παρακαλῶν () σε () ἀπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () τέκνων () σου, () ὧν () ἔτεκες, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () ἀντιλαμβανόμενος () τῆς () χειρός () σου () οὐδὲ () ἀπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () υἱῶν () σου, () ὧν () ὕψωσας. ()
[19] Δύο () ταῦτα () ἀντικείμενά () σοι· () τίς () σοι () συλλυπηθήσεται; () Πτῶμα () καὶ () σύντριμμα, () λιμὸς () καὶ () μάχαιρα· () τίς () σε () παρακαλέσει; ()
[20] Οἱ () υἱοί () σου () οἱ () ἀπορούμενοι, () οἱ () καθεύδοντες () ἐπ’ () ἄκρου () πάσης () ἐξόδου () ὡς () σευτλίον ἡμίεφθον, οἱ () πλήρεις () θυμοῦ () κυρίου, () ἐκλελυμένοι () διὰ () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()
[21] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἄκουε, () τεταπεινωμένη () καὶ () μεθύουσα () οὐκ () ἀπὸ () οἴνου· ()
[22] οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () κρίνων () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ () Ἰδοὺ () εἴληφα () ἐκ () τῆς () χειρός () σου () τὸ () ποτήριον () τῆς () πτώσεως, () τὸ () κόνδυ τοῦ () θυμοῦ, () καὶ () οὐ () προσθήσῃ () ἔτι () πιεῖν () αὐτό· ()
[23] καὶ () ἐμβαλῶ () αὐτὸ () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖρας () τῶν () ἀδικησάντων () σε () καὶ () τῶν () ταπεινωσάντων () σε, () οἳ () εἶπαν () τῇ () ψυχῇ () σου () Κύψον, () ἵνα () παρέλθωμεν· () καὶ () ἔθηκας () ἴσα () τῇ () γῇ () τὰ () μετάφρενά σου () ἔξω () τοῖς () παραπορευομένοις. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.