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Isaiah 51:11-16
The Message
Isaiah 51:11-16
The Message
9-11 Wake up, wake up, flex your muscles, God!
Wake up as in the old days, in the long ago.
Didn’t you once make mincemeat of Rahab,
dispatch the old chaos-dragon?
And didn’t you once dry up the sea,
the powerful waters of the deep,
And then made the bottom of the ocean a road
for the redeemed to walk across?
In the same way God’s ransomed will come back,
come back to Zion cheering, shouting,
Joy eternal wreathing their heads,
exuberant ecstasies transporting them—
and not a sign of moans or groans.
What Are You Afraid of—or Who?
12-16 “I, I’m the One comforting you.
What are you afraid of—or who?
Some man or woman who’ll soon be dead?
Some poor wretch destined for dust?
You’ve forgotten me, God, who made you,
who unfurled the skies, who founded the earth.
And here you are, quaking like an aspen
before the tantrums of a tyrant
who thinks he can kick down the world.
But what will come of the tantrums?
The victims will be released before you know it.
They’re not going to die.
They’re not even going to go hungry.
For I am God, your very own God,
who stirs up the sea and whips up the waves,
named God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
I teach you how to talk, word by word,
and personally watch over you,
Even while I’m unfurling the skies,
setting earth on solid foundations,
and greeting Zion: ‘Welcome, my people!’”
Isaiah 51:11-13
New International Version
Isaiah 51:11-13
New International Version
11 Those the Lord has rescued(A) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;(B)
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy(C) will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.(D)
12 “I, even I, am he who comforts(E) you.
Who are you that you fear(F) mere mortals,(G)
human beings who are but grass,(H)
13 that you forget(I) the Lord your Maker,(J)
who stretches out the heavens(K)
and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror(L) every day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?(M)
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