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Look to Abraham and Sarah

51 Listen to me,
    you who look for righteousness,
    you who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut
    and to the quarry where you were dug.
Look to Abraham your ancestor,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
They were alone when I called them,
    but I blessed them and made them many.
The Lord will comfort Zion;
    he will comfort all her ruins.
He will make her desert like Eden
    and her wilderness like the Lord’s garden.
Happiness and joy will be found in her—
    thanks and the sound of singing.

Salvation endures forever

Pay attention to me, my people;
    listen to me, my nation,
        for teaching will go out from me,
        my justice, as a light to the nations.
    I will quickly bring my victory.
My salvation is on its way,
    and my arm will judge the peoples.
    The coastlands hope for me;
    they wait for my judgment.[a]
Look up to the heavens,
        and gaze at the earth beneath.
    The heavens will disappear like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like clothing,
    and its inhabitants will die like gnats.
But my salvation will endure forever,
    and my righteousness will be unbroken.
Listen to me, you who know what is right,
    people who carry my teaching in your heart:
    Don’t fear human scorn,
    and don’t be upset when they abuse you.
The moth will eat them as if they were clothing,
    and the worm will eat them like wool,
    but my righteousness is forever,
    and my salvation for all generations.

Awake, arm of the Lord

Awake, awake, put on strength,
    arm of the Lord.
Awake as in times past,
    generations long ago.
Aren’t you the one who crushed Rahab,
    who pierced the dragon?
10 Didn’t you dry up the sea,
    the waters of the great deep?
    And didn’t you make the redeemed a road to cross
    through the depths of the sea,
    a road for the redeemed to pass?
11 Then let those ransomed by the Lord return
    and come to Zion with singing
    and with everlasting joy upon their heads.
Let happiness and joy overwhelm them;
    let grief and groaning flee.

12 I, I am the one who comforts you.
Why should you fear humans who will die,
    mortals who are treated like grass?
13 You forgot the Lord your maker,
    the one who stretched out the heavens
    and founded the earth.
    You were continually afraid, all day long,
    on account of the oppressor’s wrath—
    a fear by which they intend to destroy you.
    Where now is the oppressor’s wrath?
14 The imprisoned ones will soon be released;
    they won’t die in the pit
    or even lack bread.
15 I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
    the Lord of heavenly forces is his name.
16 I put my words in your mouth
    and hid you in the shadow of my hand,
    stretching out[b] the heavens, founding the earth,
    and saying to Zion, “You are my people.”

Wake yourself, Jerusalem

17 Wake yourself, wake yourself!
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
    who drank the cup of wrath from the Lord’s hand.
    You drank; you drained the goblet of reeling.
18     There’s no one to guide her among all the children she bore;
    there’s no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised.
19 These two things have happened to you—
    Who will be sorry for you?[c]
        destruction and devastation,
        famine and sword—
    who will comfort you?[d]
20 Your children passed out;
    they lay at the head of every street like antelope in a net,
    filled with the Lord’s wrath,
    with the rebuke of your God.

21 Therefore, hear this, suffering one,
    who is drunk, but not from wine.
22 The Lord, your Lord and your God,
    who contends for his people, says:
    Look, I have taken the cup of reeling,
    the goblet of my wrath, from your hand.
    You will no longer drink from it.
23 I will put it in the hand of your tormentors,
    who said to you,
    “Lie down so that we can walk on you.
    Make your back like the ground,
    like a street for those walking on it.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:5 Or for my arm
  2. Isaiah 51:16 Or planting
  3. Isaiah 51:19 DSS (1QIsaa), LXX, Vulg; MT How will I
  4. Isaiah 51:19 Or how will I comfort you?

Palabras de consuelo a Jerusalén

51 Óiganme todos los que quieren vivir con rectitud
y me buscan —dice el Señor.
Miren la roca de donde fueron cortados,
la cantera de donde fueron sacados;
miren a Abraham, su padre,
y a Sara, la que les dio la vida.
Cuando yo lo llamé, era uno solo,
pero lo bendije y le di muchos descendientes.
Yo seré bondadoso con Sión,
la ciudad que estaba toda en ruinas.
Convertiré las tierras secas del desierto en un jardín,
como el jardín que el Señor plantó en Edén.
Allí habrá felicidad y alegría,
cantos de alabanza y son de música.

«Pueblos, préstenme atención,
escúchenme, naciones:
yo publicaré mi enseñanza
y mis mandamientos alumbrarán a los pueblos.
Mi victoria está cercana,
mi acción salvadora está en camino;
con mi poder gobernaré a los pueblos.
Los países del mar esperarán en mí
y confiarán en mi poder.

»Levanten los ojos al cielo,
y miren abajo, a la tierra:
el cielo se desvanecerá como el humo,
la tierra se gastará como un vestido
y sus habitantes morirán como mosquitos.
Pero mi salvación será eterna,
mi victoria no tendrá fin.

»Escúchenme, ustedes que saben lo que es justo,
pueblo que toma en serio mi enseñanza.
No teman las injurias de los hombres,
no se dejen deprimir por sus insultos,
porque perecerán como un vestido apolillado,
como lana roída por gusanos.
Pero mi victoria será eterna,
mi salvación durará por siempre.»

Despierta, despierta, brazo del Señor,
ármate de fuerza;
despierta como lo hiciste en el pasado,
en tiempos muy lejanos.
Tú despedazaste a Rahab, el monstruo marino;
10 secaste el mar,
el agua del profundo abismo,
y convertiste el fondo del mar en camino
para que pasaran los libertados.
11 Así también regresarán los rescatados por el Señor,
y entrarán en Sión dando gritos de alegría;
sus rostros estarán siempre alegres;
encontrarán felicidad y dicha,
y el dolor y el llanto desaparecerán.

12 «Yo, yo mismo, te doy ánimo.
¿A quién tienes miedo? ¿A los hombres?
¿A los hombres mortales, que no son más que hierba?
13 ¿Vas a olvidarte del Señor, tu creador,
que extendió el cielo y afirmó la tierra?
¿Vas a temblar continuamente, a todas horas,
por la furia de los opresores,
que están listos para destruirte?
Pero, ¿dónde está esa furia?
14 El que sufría la opresión,
pronto quedará libre;
no morirá en el calabozo
ni le faltará su pan.

15 »Yo soy el Señor tu Dios,
mi nombre es Señor todopoderoso;
yo agité el mar
y rugieron las olas,
16 extendí el cielo
y afirmé la tierra.
Yo puse en tu boca mis palabras
y te protegí al amparo de mi mano.
Yo dije a Sión: “Tú eres mi pueblo.”»

17 Despierta, despierta,
Jerusalén, levántate.
Tú sufriste la ira del Señor
como quien bebe una copa,
y la bebe hasta el fondo,
hasta quedar borracho.
18 Entre todos los hijos que has tenido,
no hay ninguno que te guíe;
entre todos los hijos que criaste,
no hay ninguno que te lleve de la mano.
19 Estas dos desgracias vinieron sobre ti:
tu país fue destruido y saqueado,
y tu gente murió por el hambre y la guerra.
¿Quién tendrá lástima de ti?
¿Quién te consolará?
20 Como antílopes atrapados en la red,
tus hijos están sin fuerzas,
tendidos en la esquina de cualquier calle,
heridos por la ira del Señor,
por la corrección de tu Dios.
21 Por eso, ciudad desdichada, escucha esto,
tú que estás borracha, pero no de vino;
22 tu Señor y tu Dios,
el que defiende la causa de su pueblo, dice:
«Te voy a quitar de la mano
esa copa con que te has emborrachado;
ya no volverás a beber más la copa de mi ira.
23 Yo se la daré
a los que te atormentaron,
a los que te decían:
“Échate al suelo, que vamos a pasar sobre ti”;
y tú te tendiste en el suelo
para que te pisotearan como al polvo.»

The Lord Comforts Zion(A)

51 “Listen to Me, (B)you who [a]follow after righteousness,
You who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
(C)Look to Abraham your father,
And to Sarah who bore you;
(D)For I called him alone,
And (E)blessed him and increased him.”

For the Lord will (F)comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert (G)like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

“Listen to Me, My people;
And give ear to Me, O My nation:
(H)For law will proceed from Me,
And I will make My justice rest
(I)As a light of the peoples.
(J)My righteousness is near,
My salvation has gone forth,
(K)And My arms will judge the peoples;
(L)The coastlands will wait upon Me,
And (M)on My arm they will trust.
(N)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
And look on the earth beneath.
For (O)the heavens will vanish away like smoke,
(P)The earth will grow old like a garment,
And those who dwell in it will die in like manner;
But My salvation will be (Q)forever,
And My righteousness will not be [b]abolished.

“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
You people (R)in whose heart is My law:
(S)Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.
For (T)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 from generation to generation.”

(U)Awake, awake, (V)put on strength,
O arm of the Lord!
Awake (W)as in the ancient days,
In the generations of old.
(X)Are You not the arm that cut (Y)Rahab apart,
And wounded the (Z)serpent?

10 Are You not the One who (AA)dried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep;
That made the depths of the sea a road
For the redeemed to cross over?
11 So (AB)the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

12 “I, even I, am He (AC)who comforts you.
Who are you that you should be afraid
(AD)Of a man who will die,
And of the son of a man who will be made (AE)like grass?
13 And (AF)you forget the Lord your Maker,
(AG)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.
(AH)And where is the fury of the oppressor?
14 The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed,
(AI)That he should not die in the pit,
And that his bread should not fail.
15 But I am the Lord your God,
Who (AJ)divided the sea whose waves roared—
The Lord of hosts is His name.
16 And (AK)I have put My words in your mouth;
(AL)I have covered you with the shadow of My hand,
(AM)That I may [c]plant the heavens,
Lay the foundations of the earth,
And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”

God’s Fury Removed

17 (AN)Awake, awake!
Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who (AO)have drunk at the hand of the Lord
The cup of His fury;
You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling,
And drained it out.
18 There is no one to guide her
Among all the sons she has brought forth;
Nor is there any who takes her by the hand
Among all the sons she has brought up.
19 (AP)These two things have come to you;
Who will be sorry for you?—
Desolation and destruction, famine and sword—
(AQ)By whom will I comfort you?
20 (AR)Your sons have fainted,
They lie at the head of all the streets,
Like an antelope in a net;
They are full of the fury of the Lord,
The rebuke of your God.

21 Therefore please hear this, you afflicted,
And drunk (AS)but not with wine.
22 Thus says your Lord,
The Lord and your God,
Who (AT)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 (AU)But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
Who have said to [d]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.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:1 pursue
  2. Isaiah 51:6 broken
  3. Isaiah 51:16 establish
  4. Isaiah 51:23 Lit. your soul