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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 51

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Chapter 51 of Isaiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ “Listen to me, YOU people who are pursuing after righteousness,1 YOU who are seeking to find Jehovah.2 Look to the rock3 from which YOU were hewn out, and to the hollow of the pit from which YOU were dug out.
  2. Look to Abraham4 YOUR father5 and to Sarah6 who gradually brought YOU forth with childbirth pains. For he was one when I called him,7 and I proceeded to bless him and to make him many.8
  3. For Jehovah will certainly comfort Zion.9 He will for certain comfort all her devastated places,10 and he will make her wilderness like Eʹden11 and her desert plain like the garden[a] of Jehovah.12 Exultation and rejoicing themselves will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.13
  4. ¶ “Pay attention to me, O my people; and you national group of mine,14 to me give ear. For from me a law itself[b] will go forth,15 and my judicial decision I shall cause to repose even as a light to the peoples.[c]16
  5. My righteousness is near.17 My salvation18 will certainly go forth, and my own arms will judge even the peoples.19 In me the islands themselves will hope,20 and for my arm they will wait.21
  6. ¶ “Raise YOUR eyes to the heavens themselves,22 and look at the earth beneath. For the very heavens must be dispersed in fragments just like smoke,23 and like a garment the earth itself will wear out,24 and its inhabitants themselves will die like a mere gnat. But as for my salvation, it will prove to be even to time indefinite,25 and my own righteousness will not be shattered.26
  7. ¶ “Listen to me, YOU the ones knowing righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law.27 Do not be afraid of the reproach of mortal men,[d] and do not be struck with terror just because of their abusive words.28
  8. For the moth[e] will eat them up just as if a garment, and the clothes moth[f] will eat them up just as if wool.29 But as for my righteousness, it will prove to be even to time indefinite, and my salvation to unnumbered generations.”[g]30
  9. ¶ Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength,31 O arm of Jehovah!32 Awake as in the days of long ago, as during the generations of times long past.33 Are you[h] not the one that broke Raʹhab[i]34 to pieces, that pierced the sea monster?[j]35
  10. Are you not the one that dried up the sea, the waters of the vast deep?[k]36 The one that made the depths of the sea a way for the repurchased ones to go across?37
  11. Then the redeemed ones of Jehovah themselves will return and must come to Zion with a joyful outcry,38 and rejoicing to time indefinite will be upon their head.39 To exultation and rejoicing they will attain.40 Grief and sighing will certainly flee away.41
  12. ¶ “I—I myself am the One that is comforting YOU people.42
    ¶ “Who are you[l] that you should be afraid of a mortal man that will die,43 and of a son of mankind[m] that will be rendered as mere green grass?44
  13. And that you should forget Jehovah your[n] Maker,45 the One stretching out the heavens46 and laying the foundation of the earth,47 so that you were in dread constantly the whole day long on account of the rage of the one hemming [you] in,48 as though he was all set to bring [you] to ruin?49 And where is the rage of the one hemming [you] in?50
  14. ¶ “The one stooping in chains will certainly be loosened speedily,51 that he may not go in death to the pit52 and that his bread may not be lacking.53
  15. ¶ “But I, Jehovah, am your God,[o] the One stirring up the sea that its waves may be boisterous.54 Jehovah of armies is his name.55
  16. And I shall put my words in your mouth,56 and with the shadow of my hand I shall certainly cover you,57 in order to plant the heavens58 and lay the foundation of the earth59 and say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’60
  17. ¶ “Rouse yourself, rouse yourself, rise up, O Jerusalem,61 you who have drunk at the hand of Jehovah his cup of rage.62 The goblet, the cup causing reeling, you have drunk, you have drained out.63
  18. There was none of all the sons64 that she brought to birth conducting her, and there was none of all the sons that she brought up taking hold of her hand.65
  19. Those two things were befalling you.66 Who will sympathize with you?67 Despoiling and breakdown, and hunger and sword!68 Who will[p] comfort you?69
  20. Your own sons have swooned away.70 They have lain down at the head of all the streets like the wild sheep in the net,71 as those who are full of the rage of Jehovah,72 the rebuke of your God.”73
  21. ¶ Therefore listen to this, please, O woman74 afflicted and drunk, but not with wine.75
  22. This is what your Lord,[q] Jehovah, even your God, who contends76 for his people, has said: “Look! I will take away from your hand the cup causing reeling.77 The goblet, my cup of rage—you will not repeat the drinking of it anymore.78
  23. And I will put it in the hand of the ones irritating you,79 who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down that we may cross over,’ so that you used to make your back just like the earth, and like the street for those crossing over.”80

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Paradise,” LXXSy.
  2. ^ Or, “instruction itself.”
  3. ^ “And my judicial decision as a light to peoples in an instant,” by a slight correction.
  4. ^ “Mortal men.” Heb., ʼenohshʹ.
  5. ^ “The moth.” Heb., ʽash.
  6. ^ “The clothes moth.” Heb., sas.
  7. ^ Lit., “to generation of generations.”
  8. ^ “You,” fem., referring to “arm,” fem.
  9. ^ Or, “the Stormer.” Vg, “the haughty (proud) one,” masc.
  10. ^ “The dragon,” Vg.
  11. ^ “The . . . deep.” Heb., tehohmʹ; LXXVg, “the abyss.” Compare Ge 1:2 ftn, “Deep.”
  12. ^ “You,” fem. sing., referring to “Zion.”
  13. ^ Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
  14. ^ “Your,” masc. sing.
  15. ^ “Your [masc. sing.] God [pl.].” Heb., ʼElo·heyʹkha.
  16. ^ “Who will?” 1QIsaLXXSyVg; M, “Who—⁠I shall”; T, “None but I shall.”
  17. ^ “Your [fem. sing.] Lord.” Heb., ʼAdho·naʹyikh, pl. of ʼA·dhohnʹ, to denote grandeur or majesty.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ps 94:15; Pr 21:21; Zp 2:3; Mt 6:33; 1Ti 6:11
  2. ^ Ps 105:3; Ro 10:13
  3. ^ De 32:4, 18; 1Sa 2:2
  4. ^ Jos 24:3; Mt 8:11; Ro 4:19
  5. ^ Lu 16:24
  6. ^ Ge 21:2
  7. ^ Ge 12:1; 15:2; Ne 9:7; Eze 33:24
  8. ^ Jos 11:4; 1Ki 4:20
  9. ^ Ps 102:13; Is 66:13; Je 31:12
  10. ^ Is 44:26; 61:4
  11. ^ Ge 2:8; Eze 28:13; Jl 2:3
  12. ^ Ge 13:10; Is 35:1; 41:18; Eze 31:8
  13. ^ Je 33:11
  14. ^ Ex 19:6; De 7:6; Ps 33:12; Am 3:2; 1Pe 2:9
  15. ^ Is 2:3; Mc 4:2
  16. ^ Ps 119:105; Pr 6:23; Mt 12:18
  17. ^ De 30:14; Is 46:13
  18. ^ Is 12:2; 56:1
  19. ^ 1Sa 2:10; Ps 67:4; 96:13; Is 2:4; Ac 17:31
  20. ^ Is 60:9
  21. ^ Is 42:4
  22. ^ Ps 8:3; Is 40:26
  23. ^ Ps 102:26; Is 34:4; Heb 1:11
  24. ^ Mt 24:35
  25. ^ Is 45:17; Heb 5:9; 9:12
  26. ^ Ps 103:17; Da 9:24
  27. ^ Ps 37:31; 119:11; Je 31:33; 2Co 3:3
  28. ^ Je 1:17; Eze 2:6
  29. ^ Jb 13:28; Is 50:9
  30. ^ Is 45:17; Lu 1:50
  31. ^ Ps 7:6; 44:23
  32. ^ Ps 89:10; Is 53:1; Lu 1:51
  33. ^ Jg 6:13; Ne 9:10; Ps 44:1; 106:22
  34. ^ Ex 15:4; Jb 26:12; Ps 87:4; 89:10
  35. ^ Ps 74:13; Is 27:1; Eze 29:3
  36. ^ Ex 14:21; Ne 9:11; Ps 78:13
  37. ^ Ps 106:9; Is 43:16
  38. ^ Is 35:10; Je 31:11; Zc 10:10; Mt 24:31
  39. ^ Is 61:7
  40. ^ Is 65:18
  41. ^ Is 25:8; 65:19
  42. ^ Is 49:13; 66:13
  43. ^ Ps 118:6; Pr 29:25; Da 3:16; Mt 10:28
  44. ^ Ps 90:5; 103:15; Is 40:6; 1Pe 1:24
  45. ^ Pr 22:2; Is 44:2
  46. ^ Is 40:22
  47. ^ Ps 102:25; Is 44:24
  48. ^ De 28:65; Is 29:7
  49. ^ De 28:66; Je 38:17
  50. ^ De 28:55; 2Ch 36:17; Es 7:10; Ps 9:6; Is 10:24
  51. ^ Ezr 1:3; Is 48:20; 52:2
  52. ^ Ps 30:3; 49:15
  53. ^ Je 37:21
  54. ^ Je 31:35; Jon 1:4
  55. ^ Is 47:4; Je 10:16
  56. ^ Is 50:4
  57. ^ De 33:27; Ps 91:1; Is 49:2
  58. ^ Is 65:17; 2Pe 3:13
  59. ^ Is 66:8, 22; Re 21:1
  60. ^ Is 60:14; Je 31:33; 32:38; Zc 8:8; Heb 8:10
  61. ^ Is 52:1; 60:1
  62. ^ De 28:28; Ps 60:3
  63. ^ Ps 75:8; Je 25:15; Re 14:10
  64. ^ Is 43:6
  65. ^ Heb 8:9
  66. ^ Is 47:9
  67. ^ Ps 69:20
  68. ^ Eze 14:21
  69. ^ Ec 4:1; La 1:17
  70. ^ Is 40:30; La 2:11
  71. ^ Eze 12:13; 17:20
  72. ^ Ps 88:16; Is 9:19; Re 14:10
  73. ^ Is 29:9; 49:26
  74. ^ Is 54:1; 60:1
  75. ^ Re 17:6
  76. ^ Is 3:13
  77. ^ Is 51:17
  78. ^ Is 54:9; 62:8
  79. ^ Ne 6:14; Is 49:25
  80. ^ Jos 10:24

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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