Isaiah 51

Verse 1

WEB “Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.

KJV Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

TSK Hearken: isa 51:4,7, isa 46:3,4, isa 48:12, isa 55:2,3; ye that follow: isa 51:7, ps 94:15, pr 15:9, pr 21:21, mt 5:6, mt 6:33, ro 9:30-32, ro 14:19, php 3:13, 1ti 6:11, 2ti 2:22, heb 12:14; ye that seek: isa 45:19, isa 55:6, ps 24:6, ps 105:3,4, am 5:6, zep 2:3; look: ge 17:15-17, eph 2:11,12

Verse 2

WEB Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

KJV Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

TSK unto Abraham: ge 15:1,2, ge 18:11-13, jos 24:3, ro 4:1-5,16-24; for: ge 12:1-3, ge 13:14-17, ge 15:4,5, ge 22:17, ge 24:1,35, ne 9:7,8, eze 33:24, ga 3:9-14, heb 11:8-12

Verse 3

WEB For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

KJV For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

TSK the Lord: isa 51:12, isa 12:1, isa 40:1,2, isa 49:13, isa 54:6-8, isa 61:1-3, isa 66:10-14, ps 85:8, jer 31:12-14,25, zep 3:14-20, 2co 1:3,4; all: isa 44:26, isa 49:8, isa 52:9, isa 61:4, ps 102:13,14, jer 33:12,13; make: isa 35:1,2,7-10, isa 41:18,19; like the: ge 2:8,9, ge 13:10, eze 31:8-10, joe 2:3; joy: jer 33:11, 1pe 1:8, re 19:1-7

Verse 4

WEB “Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

KJV Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

TSK O my: isa 26:2, ex 19:6, ex 33:13, ps 33:12, ps 106:5, ps 147:20, 1pe 2:9; a law: isa 2:3, mic 4:2, ro 8:2-4, 1co 9:21; I will make: isa 42:1-4,6, isa 49:6, pr 6:23, mt 12:18-20, lu 2:32, joh 16:8-11

Verse 5

WEB My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.

KJV My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

TSK righteousness: isa 46:13, isa 56:1, de 30:14, ps 85:9, mt 3:2, ro 1:16,17, ro 10:6-10; my salvation: isa 2:2,3, eze 47:1-5, mt 28:18, mr 16:15, lu 24:47, ro 10:17,18; mine: 1sa 2:10, ps 50:4-6, ps 67:4, ps 96:13, ps 98:9, ps 110:6, joe 3:12, joh 5:22,23, ac 17:31, ro 2:16, 2co 5:10; the isles: isa 42:4, isa 49:1, isa 60:9, zep 2:11, ro 1:16, ro 15:9-12

Verse 6

WEB Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

KJV Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

TSK Lift up: isa 40:26, de 4:19, ps 8:3,4; the heavens: isa 34:4, isa 50:9, ps 102:26, mt 24:35, heb 1:11,12, 2pe 3:10-12, re 6:12-14, re 20:11; my salvation: isa 51:8, isa 45:17, ps 103:17, da 9:24, joh 3:15,16, joh 5:24, joh 10:27-29, 2th 2:16, heb 5:9, heb 9:12,15

Verse 7

WEB “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don’t fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults.

KJV Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

TSK ye that: php 3:8,10, tit 2:11,12; in whose: ps 37:31, ps 40:8, jer 31:33,34, 2co 3:3, heb 10:16; fear: jer 1:17, eze 2:6, mt 5:11, mt 10:28, lu 6:22, lu 12:4,5, ac 5:41, 1pe 4:4,14

Verse 8

WEB For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”

KJV For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

TSK the moth: isa 50:9, isa 66:24, job 4:19, job 13:28, ho 5:12; my righteousness: isa 51:6, isa 45:17, isa 46:13, lu 1:50

Verse 9

WEB Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

KJV Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

TSK Awake: isa 51:17, isa 27:1, ps 7:6, ps 44:23, ps 59:4, ps 78:65, hab 2:19; put: isa 52:1, isa 59:17, ps 21:13, ps 74:13,14, ps 93:1, re 11:17; O arm: isa 51:5, isa 53:1, isa 59:16, isa 62:8, lu 1:51, joh 12:38; as in: jud 6:13, ne 9:7-15, ps 44:1; Art thou: job 26:12, ps 87:4, ps 89:10; the dragon: isa 27:1, ps 74:13,14, eze 29:3, hab 3:13, re 12:9

Verse 10

WEB Isn’t it 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?

KJV Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

TSK dried: isa 42:15, isa 43:16, isa 50:2, isa 63:11,12, ex 14:21,22, ex 15:13, ps 74:13

Verse 11

WEB The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

KJV Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

TSK the redeemed: isa 35:10, isa 44:23, isa 48:20, isa 49:13, jer 30:18,19, jer 31:11,12, jer 33:11, ac 2:41-47, re 5:9-13, re 7:9,10, re 14:1-4, re 19:1-7; everlasting: isa 60:19, isa 61:7, 2co 4:17,18, 2th 2:16, jude 1:24; and sorrow: isa 25:8, isa 60:20, isa 65:19, re 7:17, re 21:1,4, re 22:3

Verse 12

WEB “I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

KJV I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

TSK I, am he: isa 51:3, isa 43:25, isa 57:15-18, isa 66:13, joh 14:18,26,27, ac 9:31, 2co 1:3-5, 2co 7:5,6; that thou: isa 51:7,8, isa 2:22, ps 118:6, ps 146:4, pr 29:26, da 3:16-18, mt 10:28, lu 12:4,5; man which: isa 40:6, ps 90:5,6, ps 92:7, ps 103:15,16, jas 1:10,11, 1pe 1:24

Verse 13

WEB and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

KJV And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

TSK forgettest: isa 17:10, de 32:18, jer 2:32; that hath: isa 40:22, isa 42:5, isa 44:24, isa 45:12, job 9:8, job 37:18, ps 102:25,26, ps 104:2, jer 10:11,12, jer 51:15, heb 1:9-12; feared: isa 8:12,13, isa 57:11, heb 11:15; were ready: isa 10:29-32, ex 14:10-13, ex 15:9,10, es 5:14, da 3:15,19, re 20:9; where is: isa 10:33,34, isa 14:16,17, isa 16:4, isa 33:18,19, isa 37:36-38, ex 14:13, es 7:10, job 20:5-9, ps 9:6,7, ps 37:35,36, ps 76:10, da 4:32,33, mt 2:16-20, ac 12:23, 1co 1:20, 1co 15:55, re 19:20

Verse 14

WEB The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

KJV The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

TSK captive: isa 48:20, isa 52:2, ezr 1:5, ac 12:7,8; die: jer 37:16, jer 38:6-13, la 3:53,54, zec 9:11

Verse 15

WEB For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

KJV But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

TSK that divided: isa 51:10, ne 9:11, job 26:12, ps 74:13, ps 114:3-5, ps 136:13, jer 31:35, am 9:5,6; The Lord: isa 47:4, isa 48:2, isa 54:5, jer 10:16

Verse 16

WEB I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”

KJV And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

TSK I have put: isa 50:4, isa 59:21, de 18:18, joh 3:34, joh 8:38-40, joh 17:8, re 1:1; I have covered: isa 49:2, de 33:27; plant: isa 45:18, isa 60:21, isa 61:3, isa 65:17, isa 66:22, ps 92:13, 2pe 3:13; and lay: isa 48:13, isa 49:8, ps 75:3; Thou art: isa 60:14,15, jer 31:33, jer 32:38, zec 8:8, zec 13:9, heb 8:10

Verse 17

WEB Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

KJV Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

TSK awake: isa 51:9, isa 52:1, isa 60:1,2, jud 5:12, 1co 15:34, eph 5:14; which hast: de 28:28,34, job 21:20, ps 11:6, ps 60:3, ps 75:8,10, jer 25:15-17,27, eze 23:31-34, zec 12:2, re 14:10, re 18:6

Verse 18

WEB There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.

KJV There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

TSK none: isa 3:4-8, isa 49:21, ps 88:18, ps 142:4, mt 9:36, mt 15:14; that taketh: isa 41:13, isa 45:1, job 8:20, jer 31:32, mr 8:23, ac 9:8, ac 13:11, heb 8:9

Verse 19

WEB These two things have happened to you. Who will bemoan you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?

KJV These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

TSK two things: isa 47:9, eze 14:21; who shall: job 2:11, ps 69:20, jer 9:17-21, la 1:9,12,17, am 7:2; by whom: isa 22:4, isa 61:2, job 42:11, ec 4:1, la 1:16, am 7:2, 2co 7:6,7,13, 2th 2:16,17

Verse 20

WEB Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.

KJV Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

TSK sons: isa 40:30, jer 14:18, la 1:15,19, la 2:11,12, la 4:2, la 5:13; a wild: isa 8:21, eze 12:13, eze 17:20, re 16:9-11; full: isa 51:17,21, isa 9:19-21, ps 88:15,16, la 3:15,16, re 14:10; but: isa 29:9, isa 49:26, eze 39:19

Verse 21

WEB Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

KJV Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

TSK No cross references.

Verse 22

WEB Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, “Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:

KJV Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

TSK pleadeth: 1sa 25:39, ps 35:1, pr 22:23, jer 50:34, jer 51:36, joe 3:2, mic 7:9; I have: isa 51:17, isa 54:7-9, isa 62:8, eze 39:29

Verse 23

WEB and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, ‘Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street, to those who walk over.”

KJV But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

TSK I will: isa 49:25,26, pr 11:8, pr 21:18, jer 25:17-29, zec 12:2, re 17:6-8,18; Bow: jos 10:24, ps 65:11,12, re 11:2, re 13:16,17