Isaiah 51

Berean Standard Bible

Salvation for Zion

1“ListenH8085 to MeH413, you who pursueH7291 righteousnessH6664, you who seekH1245 the LORDH3068: LookH5027 toH413 the rockH6697 from which you were cutH2672, and toH413 the quarryH4718 H953 from which you were hewnH5365.2LookH5027 toH413 AbrahamH85 your fatherH1, and toH413 SarahH8283 who gave you birthH2342. WhenH3588 I called himH7121, he was but oneH259; then I blessed himH1288 and multiplied himH7235.3ForH3588 the LORDH3068 will comfortH5162 ZionH6726 and will look with compassionH5162 on all herH3605 ruinsH2723; He will makeH7760 her wildernessH4057 like EdenH5731 and her desertH6160 like the gardenH1588 of the LORDH3068. JoyH8342 and gladnessH8057 will be foundH4672 in her, thanksgivingH8426 and melodiousH2172 songH6963.

4Pay attentionH7181 to MeH413, My peopleH5971,and listenH238 to MeH413, My nationH3816;forH3588 a lawH8451 H854 will go out from MeH3318,and My justiceH4941 will become a lightH216 to the nationsH5971;I will bring it about quicklyH7280.

5My righteousnessH6664 draws nearH7138,My salvationH3468 is on the wayH3318,and My armsH2220 will bring justiceH8199 to the nationsH5971.The islandsH339 1 will lookH6960 for MeH413and wait in hopeH3176 forH413 My armH2220.6Lift upH5375 your eyesH5869 to the heavensH8064,and lookH5027 atH413 the earthH776 belowH8478;forH3588 the heavensH8064 will vanishH4414 like smokeH6227,the earthH776 will wear outH1086 like a garmentH899,and its peopleH3427 will dieH4191 likeH3644 H3654 gnats.But My salvationH3444 will last foreverH1961 H5769,and My righteousnessH6666 will neverH3808 failH2865.

7ListenH8085 to MeH413, you who knowH3045 what is rightH6664,you peopleH5971 with My lawH8451 in your heartsH3820:Do notH408 fearH3372 the scornH2781 of menH582;do notH408 be brokenH2865 by their insultsH1421.8ForH3588 the mothH6211 will devour themH398 like a garmentH899,and the wormH5580 will eat themH398 like woolH6785.But My righteousnessH6666 will last foreverH1961 H5769,My salvationH3444 through all generationsH1755.”

9AwakeH5782, awakeH5782,put onH3847 strengthH5797, O armH2220 of the LORDH3068.Wake upH5782 as in daysH3117 pastH6924,as in generationsH1755 of oldH5769.Was it notH3808 H1931 YouH859 who cut RahabH7294 to piecesH2672,who pierced throughH2490 the dragonH8577?10Was it notH3808 H1931 YouH859 who dried upH2717 the seaH3220,the watersH4325 of the greatH7227 deepH8415,who madeH7760 a roadH1870 in the depthsH4615 of the seaH3220for the redeemedH1350 to cross overH5674?11So the redeemedH6299 of the LORDH3068 will returnH7725and enterH935 ZionH6726 with singingH7440,crownedH5921 H7218 with everlastingH5769 joyH8057.GladnessH8342 and joyH8057 will overtake themH5381,and sorrowH3015 and sighingH585 will fleeH5127.

12“IH595, even IH595, am HeH1931 who comforts youH5162.WhyH4310 should youH859 be afraidH3372 of mortalH4191 manH582,of a sonH1121 of manH120 who withersH5414 like grassH2682?13But you have forgottenH7911 the LORDH3068, your MakerH6213,who stretched outH5186 the heavensH8064and laid the foundationsH3245 of the earthH776.You live in terrorH6342 all day longH8548 H3605 H3117because ofH6440 the furyH2534 of the oppressorH6693whoH834 is bentH3559 on destructionH7843.But whereH346 is the furyH2534 of the oppressorH6693?14The captiveH6808 will soonH4116 be freedH6605;he will notH3808 dieH4191 in the dungeonH7845,and his breadH3899 will notH3808 be lackingH2637.15For IH595 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430who stirs upH7280 the seaH3220 so that its wavesH1530 roarH1993—the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 is His nameH8034.

16I have putH7760 My wordsH1697 in your mouthH6310, and covered youH3680 with the shadowH6738 of My handH3027, to establishH5193 2 the heavensH8064, to foundH3245 the earthH776, and to sayH559 to ZionH6726, ‘YouH859 are My peopleH5971.’”

17AwakeH5782, awakeH5782!Rise upH6965, O JerusalemH3389,you whoH834 have drunkH8354 from the handH3027 of the LORDH3068 the cupH3563 of His furyH2534 ;you who have drainedH8354 the gobletH6907 to the dregsH4680—the cupH3563 that makes men staggerH8653.18Among allH3605 the sonsH1121 she boreH3205,there is noH369 one to guideH5095 her;among allH3605 the sonsH1121 she brought upH1431,there is noH369 one to takeH2388 her handH3027.19TheseH2007 pairsH8147 have befallenH7122 you:devastationH7701 and destructionH7667,famineH7458 and swordH2719.WhoH4310 will grieve for youH5110?WhoH4310 can comfort youH5162?320Your sonsH1121 have faintedH5968;they lieH7901 at the headH7218 of everyH3605 streetH2351,like an antelopeH8377 in a netH4364.They are fullH4392 of the wrathH2534 of the LORDH3068,the rebukeH1606 of your GodH430.

21ThereforeH3651 nowH4994 hearH8085 thisH2063, you afflicted oneH6041,drunkenH7937, but notH3808 with wineH3196.22ThusH3541 saysH559 your LordH113, the LORDH3068,even your GodH430, who defendsH7378 His peopleH5971:

“SeeH2009, I have removedH3947 from your handH3027 the cupH3563 of staggeringH8653 .From that gobletH6907, the cupH3563 of My furyH2534,you will neverH3808 drinkH8354 againH3254 H5750.23I will place itH7760 in the handsH3027 of your tormentorsH3013,whoH834 toldH559 youH5315: ‘Lie downH7812, so we can walk over youH5674,’so that you madeH7760 your backH1460 like the groundH776,like a streetH2351 to be traversedH5674.”