Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 51:9-23
9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?10Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?11So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
12“I, even I, am He who comforts you.Why should you be afraid of mortal man,of a son of man who withers like grass?13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker,who stretched out the heavensand laid the foundations of the earth.You live in terror all day longbecause of the fury of the oppressorwho is bent on destruction.But where is the fury of the oppressor?14The captive will soon be freed;he will not die in the dungeon,and his bread will not be lacking.15For I am the LORD your Godwho stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.16I have put My words in your mouth,and covered you with the shadow of My hand,to establish1 the heavens, to found the earth,and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
17Awake, awake!Rise up, O Jerusalem,you who have drunk from the hand of the LORDthe cup of His fury;you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.18Among all the sons she bore,there is no one to guide her;among all the sons she brought up,there is no one to take her hand.19These pairs have befallen you:devastation and destruction,famine and sword.Who will grieve for you?Who can comfort you?220Your sons have fainted;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.
21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one,drunken, but not with wine.22Thus says your Lord, the LORD,even your God, who defends His people:
“See, I have removed from your handthe cup of staggering.From that goblet, the cup of My fury,you will never drink again.23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors,who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’so that you made your back like the ground,like a street to be traversed.”
Notes
Commentaries on Isaiah 51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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