'MY RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL LAST FOREVER'
Key verse: 8
NIV
Everlasting Salvation for Zion
51 “Listen(A) to me, you who pursue righteousness(B)
and who seek(C) the Lord:
Look to the rock(D) from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2 look to Abraham,(E) your father,
and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
and I blessed him and made him many.(F)
3 The Lord will surely comfort(G) Zion(H)
and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(I)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(J)
her wastelands(K) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(L) will be found in her,
thanksgiving(M) and the sound of singing.
4 “Listen to me, my people;(N)
hear me,(O) my nation:
Instruction(P) will go out from me;
my justice(Q) will become a light to the nations.(R)
5 My righteousness draws near speedily,
my salvation(S) is on the way,(T)
and my arm(U) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands(V) will look to me
and wait in hope(W) for my arm.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,(X)
the earth will wear out like a garment(Y)
and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation(Z) will last forever,(AA)
my righteousness will never fail.(AB)
7 “Hear me, you who know what is right,(AC)
you people who have taken my instruction to heart:(AD)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
or be terrified by their insults.(AE)
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment;(AF)
the worm(AG) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,(AH)
my salvation through all generations.”
9 Awake, awake,(AI) arm(AJ) of the Lord,
clothe yourself with strength!(AK)
Awake, as in days gone by,
as in generations of old.(AL)
Was it not you who cut Rahab(AM) to pieces,
who pierced that monster(AN) through?
10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,(AO)
the waters of the great deep,(AP)
who made a road in the depths of the sea(AQ)
so that the redeemed(AR) might cross over?
11 Those the Lord has rescued(AS) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;(AT)
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy(AU) will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.(AV)
12 “I, even I, am he who comforts(AW) you.
Who are you that you fear(AX) mere mortals,(AY)
human beings who are but grass,(AZ)
13 that you forget(BA) the Lord your Maker,(BB)
who stretches out the heavens(BC)
and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror(BD) every day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?(BE)
14 The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;(BF)
they will not die in their dungeon,
nor will they lack bread.(BG)
15 For I am the Lord your God,
who stirs up the sea(BH) so that its waves roar(BI)—
the Lord Almighty(BJ) is his name.
16 I have put my words in your mouth(BK)
and covered you with the shadow of my hand(BL)—
I who set the heavens in place,
who laid the foundations of the earth,(BM)
and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(BN)’”
Cross references
- Isaiah 51:1 : S Isa 46:3
- Isaiah 51:1 : ver 7; S Dt 7:13; 16:20; Ps 94:15; Isa 63:8; Ro 9:30-31
- Isaiah 51:1 : Isa 55:6; 65:10
- Isaiah 51:1 : Isa 17:10
- Isaiah 51:2 : S Ge 17:6; S Isa 29:22; Ro 4:16; Heb 11:11
- Isaiah 51:2 : S Ge 12:2
- Isaiah 51:3 : S Isa 40:1
- Isaiah 51:3 : S Ps 51:18; S Isa 61:4
- Isaiah 51:3 : Isa 44:26; 52:9; 61:4
- Isaiah 51:3 : S Ge 2:8
- Isaiah 51:3 : S Isa 5:6; S 41:19
- Isaiah 51:3 : S Isa 25:9; 35:10; 65:18; 66:10; Jer 16:9
- Isaiah 51:3 : Jer 17:26; 30:19; 33:11
- Isaiah 51:4 : Ex 6:7; Ps 50:7; Isa 3:15; 63:8; 64:9
- Isaiah 51:4 : S Ps 78:1
- Isaiah 51:4 : S Dt 18:18
- Isaiah 51:4 : S Isa 2:4
- Isaiah 51:4 : S Isa 26:18; S 49:6
- Isaiah 51:5 : S Ps 85:9; S Isa 12:2
- Isaiah 51:5 : S Isa 35:4
- Isaiah 51:5 : Ps 98:1; Isa 40:10; 50:2; 52:10; 59:16; 63:1, 5
- Isaiah 51:5 : S Isa 11:11
- Isaiah 51:5 : S Ge 49:10; S Ps 37:9
- Isaiah 51:6 : S Ps 37:20; S 102:26; Mt 24:35; Lk 21:33; 2Pe 3:10
- Isaiah 51:6 : Ps 102:25-26; Heb 1:10-12
- Isaiah 51:6 : S Isa 12:2
- Isaiah 51:6 : ver 8; S Ps 119:89
- Isaiah 51:6 : Ps 89:33; Isa 54:10
- Isaiah 51:7 : S ver 1
- Isaiah 51:7 : S Dt 6:6; Ps 119:11
- Isaiah 51:7 : S Ps 119:39; Isa 50:7; 54:4; Mt 5:11; Lk 6:22; Ac 5:41
- Isaiah 51:8 : S Job 13:28; Jas 5:2
- Isaiah 51:8 : S Isa 14:11
- Isaiah 51:8 : S ver 6
- Isaiah 51:9 : S Jdg 5:12
- Isaiah 51:9 : S Ps 98:1; S Isa 30:30; S 33:2
- Isaiah 51:9 : S Ge 18:14; S Ps 65:6; Isa 40:31; 52:1
- Isaiah 51:9 : Ex 6:6; Dt 4:34; S 32:7
- Isaiah 51:9 : S Job 9:13
- Isaiah 51:9 : S Ps 68:30; S 74:13
- Isaiah 51:10 : S Ex 14:22; Zec 10:11; Rev 16:12
- Isaiah 51:10 : Ex 15:5, 8
- Isaiah 51:10 : S Job 36:30
- Isaiah 51:10 : S Ex 15:13
- Isaiah 51:11 : S Isa 35:9; S 44:23
- Isaiah 51:11 : S Ps 109:28; Isa 65:14; Jer 30:19; Zep 3:14
- Isaiah 51:11 : S Isa 48:20; Jer 33:11
- Isaiah 51:11 : S Isa 30:19; Jer 31:13; S Rev 7:17
- Isaiah 51:12 : S Isa 40:1; S 2Co 1:4
- Isaiah 51:12 : S 2Ki 1:15
- Isaiah 51:12 : S Isa 2:22
- Isaiah 51:12 : S Isa 15:6; 40:6-7; 1Pe 1:24
- Isaiah 51:13 : S Job 8:13; S Isa 17:10
- Isaiah 51:13 : S Job 4:17; Isa 17:7; 45:11; 54:5
- Isaiah 51:13 : S Ge 1:1; S Isa 48:13
- Isaiah 51:13 : S Isa 7:4
- Isaiah 51:13 : S Isa 9:4
- Isaiah 51:14 : S Isa 42:7
- Isaiah 51:14 : Isa 49:10
- Isaiah 51:15 : S Ex 14:21
- Isaiah 51:15 : S Ps 93:3
- Isaiah 51:15 : S Isa 13:4
- Isaiah 51:16 : S Ex 4:12, 15
- Isaiah 51:16 : S Ex 33:22
- Isaiah 51:16 : S Isa 48:13
- Isaiah 51:16 : Jer 7:23; 11:4; 24:7; Eze 14:11; Zec 8:8
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ESV
The Lord's Comfort for Zion
51 (A)“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord:
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
2 Look to Abraham your father
and to Sarah who bore you;
for (B)he was but one when I called him,
that I might bless him and multiply him.
3 For the Lord (C)comforts Zion;
he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like (D)Eden,
her desert like (E)the garden of the Lord;
(F)joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.
4 (G)“Give attention to me, my people,
and give ear to me, my nation;
(H)for a law[a] will go out from me,
and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
5 (I)My righteousness draws near,
my salvation has gone out,
and my arms will judge the peoples;
(J)the coastlands hope for me,
and for my arm they wait.
6 (K)Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
(L)for the heavens vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;[b]
(M)but my salvation will be forever,
and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
7 (N)“Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
the people (O)in whose heart is my law;
(P)fear not the reproach of man,
nor be dismayed at their revilings.
8 (Q)For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool,
(R)but my righteousness will be forever,
and my salvation to all generations.”
9 (S)Awake, awake, (T)put on strength,
O (U)arm of the Lord;
awake, (V)as in days of old,
the generations of long ago.
Was it not you who cut (W)Rahab in pieces,
who pierced (X)the dragon?
10 (Y)Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,
who made the depths of the sea a way
for the redeemed to pass over?
11 (Z)And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
12 “I, I am he (AA)who comforts you;
who are you that you are afraid of (AB)man who dies,
of the son of man who is made (AC)like grass,
13 and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
(AD)who stretched out the heavens
and (AE)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
because of the wrath of (AF)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
And where is the wrath of (AG)the oppressor?
14 (AH)He who is bowed down shall speedily be released;
he shall not die and go down (AI)to the pit,
neither shall his bread be lacking.
15 I am the Lord your God,
(AJ)who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the Lord of hosts is his name.
16 (AK)And I have put my words in your mouth
(AL)and covered you in the shadow of my hand,
(AM)establishing[c] the heavens
and (AN)laying the foundations of the earth,
and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:4 Or for teaching; also verse 7
- Isaiah 51:6 Or will die like gnats
- Isaiah 51:16 Or planting
Cross references
- Isaiah 51:1 : ver. 7
- Isaiah 51:2 : Ezek. 33:24
- Isaiah 51:3 : ch. 40:1; 52:9
- Isaiah 51:3 : Gen. 2:8; Ezek. 28:13; 31:9; Joel 2:3
- Isaiah 51:3 : Gen. 13:10
- Isaiah 51:3 : ch. 35:10
- Isaiah 51:4 : Ps. 78:1
- Isaiah 51:4 : ch. 2:3
- Isaiah 51:5 : ch. 46:13
- Isaiah 51:5 : See ch. 11:11
- Isaiah 51:6 : ch. 40:26
- Isaiah 51:6 : Ps. 102:26; [Matt. 24:25; 2 Pet. 3:10; Rev. 21:1]
- Isaiah 51:6 : [Ps. 102:27, 28]
- Isaiah 51:7 : ver. 1
- Isaiah 51:7 : Ps. 37:31
- Isaiah 51:7 : ch. 41:14; Matt. 10:28
- Isaiah 51:8 : ch. 50:9
- Isaiah 51:8 : [See ver. 6 above]; [Ps. 102:27, 28]
- Isaiah 51:9 : ver. 17; ch. 52:1
- Isaiah 51:9 : [Ps. 93:1]
- Isaiah 51:9 : ch. 40:10; 52:10; 53:1; Luke 1:51
- Isaiah 51:9 : Ps. 44:1
- Isaiah 51:9 : ch. 30:7
- Isaiah 51:9 : ch. 27:1; Ps. 74:13, 14; Ezek. 29:3
- Isaiah 51:10 : ch. 43:16; Ex. 14:21; Ps. 106:9
- Isaiah 51:11 : See ch. 35:10
- Isaiah 51:12 : ch. 40:1; 66:13
- Isaiah 51:12 : Ps. 118:6
- Isaiah 51:12 : See ch. 40:6
- Isaiah 51:13 : ch. 40:22
- Isaiah 51:13 : See ch. 48:13
- Isaiah 51:13 : ch. 14:4
- Isaiah 51:13 : ch. 14:4
- Isaiah 51:14 : ch. 45:13
- Isaiah 51:14 : Zech. 9:11
- Isaiah 51:15 : Jer. 31:35
- Isaiah 51:16 : ch. 59:21; [ch. 50:4]
- Isaiah 51:16 : ch. 49:2
- Isaiah 51:16 : ch. 40:22
- Isaiah 51:16 : See ch. 48:13
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Prayer: Father, thank you for salvation in Jesus. Restore the joy of my salvation today.
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