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Isaiah 51
New International Version

### 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)’”

### The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

17 Awake, awake!(BO)
Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
the cup(BP) of his wrath,(BQ)
you who have drained to its dregs(BR)
the goblet that makes people stagger.(BS)
18 Among all the children(BT) she bore
there was none to guide her;(BU)
among all the children she reared
there was none to take her by the hand.(BV)
19 These double calamities(BW) have come upon you—
who can comfort you?(BX)—
ruin and destruction,(BY) famine(BZ) and sword(CA)—
who can[a] console you?
20 Your children have fainted;
they lie at every street corner,(CB)
like antelope caught in a net.(CC)
They are filled with the wrath(CD) of the Lord,
with the rebuke(CE) of your God.

21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted(CF) one,
made drunk,(CG) but not with wine.
22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
your God, who defends(CH) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
the cup(CI) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
you will never drink again.
23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,(CJ)
who said to you,
‘Fall prostrate(CK) that we may walk(CL) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
like a street to be walked on.”(CM)

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text / how can I

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 51:1 : S Isa 46:3
2. Isaiah 51:1 : ver 7; S Dt 7:13; 16:20; Ps 94:15; Isa 63:8; Ro 9:30-31
3. Isaiah 51:1 : Isa 55:6; 65:10
4. Isaiah 51:1 : Isa 17:10
5. Isaiah 51:2 : S Ge 17:6; S Isa 29:22; Ro 4:16; Heb 11:11
6. Isaiah 51:2 : S Ge 12:2
7. Isaiah 51:3 : S Isa 40:1
8. Isaiah 51:3 : S Ps 51:18; S Isa 61:4
9. Isaiah 51:3 : Isa 44:26; 52:9; 61:4
10. Isaiah 51:3 : S Ge 2:8
11. Isaiah 51:3 : S Isa 5:6; S 41:19
12. Isaiah 51:3 : S Isa 25:9; 35:10; 65:18; 66:10; Jer 16:9
13. Isaiah 51:3 : Jer 17:26; 30:19; 33:11
14. Isaiah 51:4 : Ex 6:7; Ps 50:7; Isa 3:15; 63:8; 64:9
15. Isaiah 51:4 : S Ps 78:1
16. Isaiah 51:4 : S Dt 18:18
17. Isaiah 51:4 : S Isa 2:4
18. Isaiah 51:4 : S Isa 26:18; S 49:6
19. Isaiah 51:5 : S Ps 85:9; S Isa 12:2
20. Isaiah 51:5 : S Isa 35:4
21. Isaiah 51:5 : Ps 98:1; Isa 40:10; 50:2; 52:10; 59:16; 63:1, 5
22. Isaiah 51:5 : S Isa 11:11
23. Isaiah 51:5 : S Ge 49:10; S Ps 37:9
24. Isaiah 51:6 : S Ps 37:20; S 102:26; Mt 24:35; Lk 21:33; 2Pe 3:10
25. Isaiah 51:6 : Ps 102:25-26; Heb 1:10-12
26. Isaiah 51:6 : S Isa 12:2
27. Isaiah 51:6 : ver 8; S Ps 119:89
28. Isaiah 51:6 : Ps 89:33; Isa 54:10
29. Isaiah 51:7 : S ver 1
30. Isaiah 51:7 : S Dt 6:6; Ps 119:11
31. Isaiah 51:7 : S Ps 119:39; Isa 50:7; 54:4; Mt 5:11; Lk 6:22; Ac 5:41
32. Isaiah 51:8 : S Job 13:28; Jas 5:2
33. Isaiah 51:8 : S Isa 14:11
34. Isaiah 51:8 : S ver 6
35. Isaiah 51:9 : S Jdg 5:12
36. Isaiah 51:9 : S Ps 98:1; S Isa 30:30; S 33:2
37. Isaiah 51:9 : S Ge 18:14; S Ps 65:6; Isa 40:31; 52:1
38. Isaiah 51:9 : Ex 6:6; Dt 4:34; S 32:7
39. Isaiah 51:9 : S Job 9:13
40. Isaiah 51:9 : S Ps 68:30; S 74:13
41. Isaiah 51:10 : S Ex 14:22; Zec 10:11; Rev 16:12
42. Isaiah 51:10 : Ex 15:5, 8
43. Isaiah 51:10 : S Job 36:30
44. Isaiah 51:10 : S Ex 15:13
45. Isaiah 51:11 : S Isa 35:9; S 44:23
46. Isaiah 51:11 : S Ps 109:28; Isa 65:14; Jer 30:19; Zep 3:14
47. Isaiah 51:11 : S Isa 48:20; Jer 33:11
48. Isaiah 51:11 : S Isa 30:19; Jer 31:13; S Rev 7:17
49. Isaiah 51:12 : S Isa 40:1; S 2Co 1:4
50. Isaiah 51:12 : S 2Ki 1:15
51. Isaiah 51:12 : S Isa 2:22
52. Isaiah 51:12 : S Isa 15:6; 40:6-7; 1Pe 1:24
53. Isaiah 51:13 : S Job 8:13; S Isa 17:10
54. Isaiah 51:13 : S Job 4:17; Isa 17:7; 45:11; 54:5
55. Isaiah 51:13 : S Ge 1:1; S Isa 48:13
56. Isaiah 51:13 : S Isa 7:4
57. Isaiah 51:13 : S Isa 9:4
58. Isaiah 51:14 : S Isa 42:7
59. Isaiah 51:14 : Isa 49:10
60. Isaiah 51:15 : S Ex 14:21
61. Isaiah 51:15 : S Ps 93:3
62. Isaiah 51:15 : S Isa 13:4
63. Isaiah 51:16 : S Ex 4:12, 15
64. Isaiah 51:16 : S Ex 33:22
65. Isaiah 51:16 : S Isa 48:13
66. Isaiah 51:16 : Jer 7:23; 11:4; 24:7; Eze 14:11; Zec 8:8
67. Isaiah 51:17 : S Jdg 5:12; Isa 52:1
68. Isaiah 51:17 : S ver 22; S Ps 16:5; S Mt 20:22
69. Isaiah 51:17 : ver 20; Job 21:20; Isa 42:25; 66:15; Rev 14:10; 16:19
70. Isaiah 51:17 : S Ps 75:8
71. Isaiah 51:17 : S ver 23; S Ps 60:3
72. Isaiah 51:18 : Ps 88:18
73. Isaiah 51:18 : S Job 31:18; S Isa 49:21
74. Isaiah 51:18 : S Isa 41:13
75. Isaiah 51:19 : S Isa 40:2; 47:9
76. Isaiah 51:19 : Isa 49:13; 54:11; Jer 15:5; Na 3:7
77. Isaiah 51:19 : Isa 60:18; 62:4; Jer 48:3; La 3:47
78. Isaiah 51:19 : S Isa 14:30
79. Isaiah 51:19 : Jer 14:12; 24:10
80. Isaiah 51:20 : Isa 5:25; Jer 14:16; La 2:19
81. Isaiah 51:20 : S Job 18:10
82. Isaiah 51:20 : S ver 17; S Job 40:11; Jer 44:6
83. Isaiah 51:20 : S Dt 28:20
84. Isaiah 51:21 : S Isa 14:32
85. Isaiah 51:21 : ver 17; S Isa 29:9
86. Isaiah 51:22 : S Isa 49:25
87. Isaiah 51:22 : S ver 17; Jer 25:15; 51:7; Hab 2:16; S Mt 20:22
88. Isaiah 51:23 : Isa 14:4; 49:26; Jer 25:15-17, 26, 28; 49:12
89. Isaiah 51:23 : ver 17; Zec 12:2
90. Isaiah 51:23 : S Jos 10:24
91. Isaiah 51:23 : Ps 66:12; Mic 7:10

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