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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] ακουσατε μου οι διωκοντες το δικαιον και ζητουντες τον κυριον εμβλεψατε εις την στερεαν πετραν ην ελατομησατε και εις τον βοθυνον του λακκου ον ωρυξατε
[2] εμβλεψατε εις αβρααμ τον πατερα υμων και εις σαρραν την ωδινουσαν υμας οτι εις ην και εκαλεσα αυτον και ευλογησα αυτον και ηγαπησα αυτον και επληθυνα αυτον
[3] και σε νυν παρακαλεσω σιων και παρεκαλεσα παντα τα ερημα αυτης και θησω τα ερημα αυτης ως παραδεισον κυριου ευφροσυνην και αγαλλιαμα ευρησουσιν εν αυτη εξομολογησιν και φωνην αινεσεως
[4] ακουσατε μου ακουσατε λαος μου και οι βασιλεις προς με ενωτισασθε οτι νομος παρ εμου εξελευσεται και η κρισις μου εις φως εθνων
[5] εγγιζει ταχυ η δικαιοσυνη μου και εξελευσεται ως φως το σωτηριον μου και εις τον βραχιονα μου εθνη ελπιουσιν εμε νησοι υπομενουσιν και εις τον βραχιονα μου ελπιουσιν
[6] αρατε εις τον ουρανον τους οφθαλμους υμων και εμβλεψατε εις την γην κατω οτι ο ουρανος ως καπνος εστερεωθη η δε γη ως ιματιον παλαιωθησεται οι δε κατοικουντες την γην ωσπερ ταυτα αποθανουνται το δε σωτηριον μου εις τον αιωνα εσται η δε δικαιοσυνη μου ου μη εκλιπη
[7] ακουσατε μου οι ειδοτες κρισιν λαος μου ου ο νομος μου εν τη καρδια υμων μη φοβεισθε ονειδισμον ανθρωπων και τω φαυλισμω αυτων μη ηττασθε
[8] ωσπερ γαρ ιματιον βρωθησεται υπο χρονου και ως ερια βρωθησεται υπο σητος η δε δικαιοσυνη μου εις τον αιωνα εσται το δε σωτηριον μου εις γενεας γενεων
[9] εξεγειρου εξεγειρου ιερουσαλημ και ενδυσαι την ισχυν του βραχιονος σου εξεγειρου ως εν αρχη ημερας ως γενεα αιωνος ου συ ει
[10] η ερημουσα θαλασσαν υδωρ αβυσσου πληθος η θεισα τα βαθη της θαλασσης οδον διαβασεως ρυομενοις
[11] και λελυτρωμενοις υπο γαρ κυριου αποστραφησονται και ηξουσιν εις σιων μετ ευφροσυνης και αγαλλιαματος αιωνιου επι γαρ της κεφαλης αυτων αγαλλιασις και αινεσις και ευφροσυνη καταλημψεται αυτους απεδρα οδυνη και λυπη και στεναγμος
[12] εγω ειμι εγω ειμι ο παρακαλων σε γνωθι τινα ευλαβηθεισα εφοβηθης απο ανθρωπου θνητου και απο υιου ανθρωπου οι ωσει χορτος εξηρανθησαν
[13] και επελαθου θεον τον ποιησαντα σε τον ποιησαντα τον ουρανον και θεμελιωσαντα την γην και εφοβου αει πασας τας ημερας το προσωπον του θυμου του θλιβοντος σε ον τροπον γαρ εβουλευσατο του αραι σε και νυν που ο θυμος του θλιβοντος σε
[14] εν γαρ τω σωζεσθαι σε ου στησεται ουδε χρονιει
[15] οτι εγω ο θεος σου ο ταρασσων την θαλασσαν και ηχων τα κυματα αυτης κυριος σαβαωθ ονομα μοι
[16] θησω τους λογους μου εις το στομα σου και υπο την σκιαν της χειρος μου σκεπασω σε εν η εστησα τον ουρανον και εθεμελιωσα την γην και ερει σιων λαος μου ει συ
[17] εξεγειρου εξεγειρου αναστηθι ιερουσαλημ η πιουσα το ποτηριον του θυμου εκ χειρος κυριου το ποτηριον γαρ της πτωσεως το κονδυ του θυμου εξεπιες και εξεκενωσας
[18] και ουκ ην ο παρακαλων σε απο παντων των τεκνων σου ων ετεκες και ουκ ην ο αντιλαμβανομενος της χειρος σου ουδε απο παντων των υιων σου ων υψωσας
[19] δυο ταυτα αντικειμενα σοι τις σοι συλλυπηθησεται πτωμα και συντριμμα λιμος και μαχαιρα τις σε παρακαλεσει
[20] οι υιοι σου οι απορουμενοι οι καθευδοντες επ ακρου πασης εξοδου ως σευτλιον ημιεφθον οι πληρεις θυμου κυριου εκλελυμενοι δια κυριου του θεου
[21] δια τουτο ακουε τεταπεινωμενη και μεθυουσα ουκ απο οινου
[22] ουτως λεγει κυριος ο θεος ο κρινων τον λαον αυτου ιδου ειληφα εκ της χειρος σου το ποτηριον της πτωσεως το κονδυ του θυμου και ου προσθηση ετι πιειν αυτο
[23] και εμβαλω αυτο εις τας χειρας των αδικησαντων σε και των ταπεινωσαντων σε οι ειπαν τη ψυχη σου κυψον ινα παρελθωμεν και εθηκας ισα τη γη τα μεταφρενα σου εξω τοις παραπορευομενοις