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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.

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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. ()

Young’s Literal Translation

Isaiah 51 (YLT)

[1] Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock-ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit-ye have been digged.
[2] Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah-she bringeth you forth, For-one-I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.
[3] For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.
[4] Attend unto Me, O My people, And, O My nation, unto Me give ear. For a law from Me goeth out, And My judgment to the light, Peoples I do cause to rest.
[5] Near is My righteousness, Gone out hath My salvation and Mine arms, Peoples they judge, on Me isles do wait, Yea, on Mine arm they do wait with hope.
[6] Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath, For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out, And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My righteousness is not broken.
[7] Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart is My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted,
[8] For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations.
[9] Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah, Awake, as in days of old, generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab, Piercing a dragon!
[10] Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed?
[11] And the ransomed of Jehovah turn back, And they have come to Zion with singing, And joy age-during is on their head, Gladness and joy they attain, Fled away have sorrow and sighing,
[12] I-I am He-your comforter, Who art thou-and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man-grass he is made!
[13] And thou dost forget Jehovah thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?
[14] Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his bread is not lacking.
[15] And I am Jehovah thy God, Quieting the sea, when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.
[16] And I put My words in thy mouth, And with the shadow of My hand have covered thee, To plant the heavens, and to found earth, And to say to Zion, ‘My people art thou.’
[17] Stir thyself, stir thyself, rise, Jerusalem, Who hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah The cup of His fury, The goblet, the cup of trembling, thou hast drunk, Thou hast wrung out.
[18] There is not a leader to her Out of all the sons she hath borne, And there is none laying hold on her hand Out of all the sons she hath nourished.
[19] These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction- Famine and sword, who-I comfort thee?
[20] Thy sons have been wrapped up, they have lain down, At the head of all out places, as a wild ox in a net, They are full of the fury of Jehovah, The rebuke of Thy God.
[21] Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,
[22] Thus said thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God, He pleadeth for his people: ‘Lo, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, The goblet, the cup of My fury, Thou dost not add to drink it any more.
[23] And I have put it into the hand of those afflicting thee, Who have said to thy soul, Bow down, and we pass over, And thou makest as the earth thy body, And as the street to those passing by!’