New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 51:1-8
1“1ListenH8085 to Me, you who 2pursueH7291 righteousnessH6664, Who seekH1245 the LordH3068: LookH5027 to the 3rockH6697 from which you were cutH2672, And to the 4quarryH953H4718 from which you were dugH5365.2LookH5027 to 5AbrahamH85 your fatherH1 And to SarahH8283 who gaveH2342 birthH2342 to you inH2342 painH2342; WhenH3588 he 6was only oneH259 I calledH7121 him, Then I blessedH1288 him and multipliedH7235 him.”3IndeedH3588, 7the LordH3068 will comfortH5162 ZionH6726; He will comfortH5162 allH3605 her 8ruinsH2723. And He will makeH7760 her 9wildernessH4057 like 10EdenH5731, And her desertH6160 like the 11gardenH1588 of the LordH3068. 12JoyH8342 and gladnessH8057 will be foundH4672 in her, ThanksgivingH8426 and the soundH6963 of a melodyH2172.
4“13PayH7181 attentionH7181 to Me, My peopleH5971, And listenH238 to Me, My 14nationH3816; For a 15lawH8451 will goH3318 outH3318 from Me, And I will bringH7280 My 16justiceH4941 as a 17lightH216 of the peoplesH5971.5My 18righteousnessH6664 is nearH7138, My salvationH3468 has goneH3318 forthH3318, And My 19armsH2220 will judgeH8199 the peoplesH5971; The 20coastlandsH339 will waitH6960 for Me, And they will waitH3176 expectantlyH3176 for My 21armH2220.622RaiseH5375 your eyesH5869 to the skyH8064, Then lookH5027 to the earthH776 beneathH4480H8478; For the 23skyH8064 will vanishH4414 like smokeH6227, And the 24earthH776 will wearH1086 outH1086 like a garmentH899 And its inhabitantsH3427 will dieH4191 25in the sameH3644 wayH3651. But My 26salvationH3444 will be foreverH5769, And My righteousnessH6666 will not failH2865.727ListenH8085 to Me, you who knowH3045 righteousnessH6664, A peopleH5971 in whose 28heartH3820 is My LawH8451; Do not fearH3372 the 29tauntingH2781 of 30peopleH582, NorH408 be terrifiedH2865 of their abusesH1421.8For the 31mothH6211 will eatH398 them like a garmentH899; Yes, the 32mothH5580 will eatH398 them like woolH6785. But My 33righteousnessH6666 will be foreverH5769, And My salvationH3444 to allH1755 generationsH1755.”
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 51:1 Is 46:3; 48:12; 51:7 ↩
- 2. Isaiah 51:1 Ps 94:15; Prov 15:9 ↩
- 3. Isaiah 51:1 Gen 17:15-17 ↩
- 4. Isaiah 51:1 Lit excavation of a pit ↩
- 5. Isaiah 51:2 Is 29:22; 41:8; 63:16 ↩
- 6. Isaiah 51:2 Gen 12:1; 15:5; Deut 1:10; Ezek 33:24 ↩
- 7. Isaiah 51:3 Is 40:1; 49:13 ↩
- 8. Isaiah 51:3 Is 52:9 ↩
- 9. Isaiah 51:3 Is 35:1; 41:19 ↩
- 10. Isaiah 51:3 Gen 2:8; Joel 2:3 ↩
- 11. Isaiah 51:3 Gen 13:10 ↩
- 12. Isaiah 51:3 Is 25:9; 41:16; 65:18; 66:10 ↩
- 13. Isaiah 51:4 Ps 50:7; 78:1 ↩
- 14. Isaiah 51:4 Or people ↩
- 15. Isaiah 51:4 Deut 18:18; Is 2:3; Mic 4:2 ↩
- 16. Isaiah 51:4 Is 1:27; 42:4 ↩
- 17. Isaiah 51:4 Is 42:6; 49:6 ↩
- 18. Isaiah 51:5 Is 46:13; 54:17 ↩
- 19. Isaiah 51:5 Is 40:10 ↩
- 20. Isaiah 51:5 Is 42:4; 60:9 ↩
- 21. Isaiah 51:5 Is 59:16; 63:5 ↩
- 22. Isaiah 51:6 Is 40:26 ↩
- 23. Isaiah 51:6 Ps 102:25, 26; Is 13:13; 34:4; Matt 24:35; Heb 1:10-12; 2 Pet 3:10 ↩
- 24. Isaiah 51:6 Ps 102:25, 26; Is 13:13; 34:4; Matt 24:35; Heb 1:10-12; 2 Pet 3:10 ↩
- 25. Isaiah 51:6 Another reading is like gnats ↩
- 26. Isaiah 51:6 Is 45:17; 51:8 ↩
- 27. Isaiah 51:7 Is 51:1 ↩
- 28. Isaiah 51:7 Ps 37:31 ↩
- 29. Isaiah 51:7 Is 25:8; 54:4; Matt 5:11; Acts 5:41 ↩
- 30. Isaiah 51:7 Or mankind ↩
- 31. Isaiah 51:8 Is 50:9 ↩
- 32. Isaiah 51:8 Is 14:11; 66:24 ↩
- 33. Isaiah 51:8 Is 51:6 ↩
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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