Isaiah 51:12-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,(A)
or a son of man who is given up like grass?(B)
13 But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.(C)
You are in constant dread all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who has set himself to destroy.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?(D)
14 The prisoner[a] is soon to be set free;
he will not die and go to the Pit,
and his food will not be lacking.
15 For I am Yahweh your God
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar(E)—
His name is Yahweh of Hosts.
16 I have put My words in your mouth,(F)
and covered you in the shadow of My hand,(G)
in order to plant[b] the heavens,
to found the earth,
and to say to Zion, “You are My people.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:14 Hb obscure
- Isaiah 51:16 Syr reads to stretch out
Isaiah 51:12-16
Lexham English Bible
12 “I, I am he who comforts you;
who are you that[a] you are afraid of man? He dies!
And of the son of humankind? He is sacrificed[b] as grass!
13 And you have forgotten Yahweh, your maker,
who stretched out the heavens,
and founded the earth.
And you tremble continually, all day,
because of the wrath of the oppressor
when he takes aim[c] to destroy.
But[d] where is the wrath of the oppressor?
14 The fettered one shall make haste to be freed.
And he shall not die in[e] the pit,
and he shall not lack his bread.
15 For[f] I am Yahweh, your God,
who stirs up[g] the sea, so that[h] its waves roar;
Yahweh of hosts is his name.
16 And I have put my words in your mouth,
and I have covered you in the shadow of my hand,
to plant the heavens
and to found the earth,
saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:12 Or “and”
- Isaiah 51:12 Literally “given”
- Isaiah 51:13 Literally “sets up”
- Isaiah 51:13 Or “And”
- Isaiah 51:14 Or “to”
- Isaiah 51:15 Or “And”
- Isaiah 51:15 Or “stirring up”
- Isaiah 51:15 Or “and”
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