Book of Isaiah, Chapter 51
Chapter 51 of Isaiah
you who seek the LORD;
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
and to the quarry from which you were digged.
and to Sarah who bore you;
for when he was but one I called him,
and I blessed him and made him many.
he will comfort all her waste places,
and will make her wilderness like Eden,
her desert like the garden of the LORD;
joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.
and give ear to me, my nation;
for a law will go forth from me,
and my justice for a light to the peoples.
my salvation has gone forth,
and my arms will rule the peoples;
the coastlands wait for me,
and for my arm they hope.
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and they who dwell in it will die like gnats;[a]
but my salvation will be for ever,
and my deliverance will never be ended.
the people in whose heart is my law;
fear not the reproach of men,
and be not dismayed at their revilings.
and the worm will eat them like wool;
but my deliverance will be for ever,
and my salvation to all generations.”
O arm of the LORD;
awake, as in days of old,
the generations of long ago.
Was it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces,
that didst pierce the dragon?
the waters of the great deep;
that didst make the depths of the sea a way
for the redeemed to pass over?
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
who are you that you are afraid of man who dies,
of the son of man who is made like grass,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth,
and fear continually all the day
because of the fury of the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
And where is the fury of the oppressor?
he shall not die and go down to the Pit,
neither shall his bread fail.
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the LORD of hosts is his name.
and hid you in the shadow of my hand,
stretching out[b] the heavens
and laying the foundations of the earth,
and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
stand up, O Jerusalem,
you who have drunk at the hand of the LORD
the cup of his wrath,
who have drunk to the dregs
the bowl of staggering.
among all the sons she has borne;
there is none to take her by the hand
among all the sons she has brought up.
who will condole with you?—
devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
who will comfort you?[c]
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.
who are drunk, but not with wine:
your God who pleads the cause of his people:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand
the cup of staggering;
the bowl of my wrath
you shall drink no more;
who have said to you,
‘Bow down, that we may pass over’;
and you have made your back like the ground
and like the street for them to pass over.”FOOTNOTES
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