Isaiah 51:12-23

New King James Version

¹² “I, even I, am He ^(A)who comforts you.
Who are you that you should be afraid
^(B)Of a man who will die,
And of the son of a man who will be made ^(C)like grass?
¹³ And ^(D)you forget the Lord your Maker,
^(E)Who stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth;
You have feared continually every day
Because of the fury of the oppressor,
When he has prepared to destroy.
^(F)And where is the fury of the oppressor?
¹⁴ The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed,
^(G)That he should not die in the pit,
And that his bread should not fail.
¹⁵ But I am the Lord your God,
Who ^(H)divided the sea whose waves roared—
The Lord of hosts is His name.
¹⁶ And ^(I)I have put My words in your mouth;
^(J)I have covered you with the shadow of My hand,
^(K)That I may ^[a]plant the heavens,
Lay the foundations of the earth,
And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”

²¹ Therefore please hear this, you afflicted,
And drunk ^(Q)but not with wine.
²² Thus says your Lord,
The Lord and your God,
Who ^(R)pleads the cause of His people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
The cup of trembling,
The dregs of the cup of My fury;
You shall no longer drink it.
^23 (S)But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
Who have said to ^[b]you,
‘Lie down, that we may walk over you.’
And you have laid your body like the ground,
And as the street, for those who walk over.”