Isa 51 | ABEn | STEP | Hearken to me! O ones pursuing the just thing , and seeking the lord . Look unto the solid rock! which you quarried, and into the pit of the well which you dug.

Isaiah 51

CHAPTER 51 The LORD Promises Deliverance and Justice

1 Hearken to me! O ones pursuing the just thing, and seeking the lord. Look unto the solid rock! which you quarried, and into the pit of the well which you dug. 2 Look unto Abraham your father! and unto Sarah the one travailing you. For he was one person, and I called him, and blessed him, and loved him, and multiplied him. 3 And [³you ¹now ²I will comfort], O Zion. And I comforted all her desolate places; and I will make her desolate places as a park; and her western places as a park of the lord. [²gladness ³and ⁴a leap for joy ¹They shall find] in her -- acknowledgment and a voice of praise. 4 Hear me! Hear me O my people! and O kings [²to ³me ¹give ear]! For a law [²from ³me ¹shall go forth], and my judgment for a light of nations. 5 [²approaches ³quickly ¹My righteousness], and [²shall go forth ³as ⁴light ¹my deliverance], and on my arm they shall hope. [³for me ¹Islands ²shall wait], and on my arm they shall hope. 6 Lift up [²unto ³the ⁴heaven ¹your eyes], and look unto the earth below! For the heaven is as smoke having been solidified. And the earth as a cloak shall be old, and the ones inhabiting [²as ³these ¹shall die]. But the deliverance of mine [²into ³the ⁴eon ¹shall be], and the righteousness of mine in no way shall fail. 7 Hear me, O ones knowing equity! a people of whom my law is in their heart. Do not fear the scorning of men, and [²their disparagement ³not ¹let] vanquish you! 8 For as a garment will be eaten upon time, and as wool shall be eaten by a moth; but the righteousness of mine [²into ³the ⁴eon ¹will be]; and the deliverance of mine for generations of generations. 9 Awaken! Awaken! O Jerusalem, and put on the strength of your arm! Awaken as in the beginning of days, as a generation of an eon! [²not ³you ¹Are] her being quarried in width, being torn up by the dragon? 10 [³not ²you ¹Are] her making desolate the sea, [³water ²of the deep ¹the abundance], the one putting the depths of the sea for a way of a ford to the ones being rescued, 11 and the ones being ransomed? For by the lord they shall be returned, and shall come unto Zion with gladness, and [²leap for joy ¹an everlasting]. [²upon ⁴head ¹For ³their] praise and gladness shall overtake them. [⁶ran away ¹Grief ²and ³distress ⁴and ⁵moaning].

The LORD Promises Comfort

12 I am, I am he, the one comforting you. Know who is being! that you should be fearful from [²man ¹mortal], and from a son of man -- the ones who as grass were dried up. 13 And you forgot God, the one making you, the one making the heaven, and laying the foundation for the earth. And fear continually all the days in front of the rage of the one afflicting you! in which manner he planned to carry you away. And now where is the rage of the one afflicting you? 14 For in your being delivered, he shall not stop nor pass time. And he shall not kill for hurt, and in no way shall he lack his bread. 15 For I am your God, the one disturbing the sea, and resounding its waves. The lord of Hosts is my name. 16 I will put my words into your mouth. And under the shadow of my hand I will shelter you, in which I established the heaven, and founded the earth. And he shall say to Zion, [²my people ¹You are]. 17 Awaken! Awaken! Rise up, O Jerusalem! the one drinking from the hand of the lord the cup of his rage. [²the ³cup ¹For] of the blow, the drinking cup of rage you drank and emptied out. 18 And there was no one comforting you from all your children whom you gave birth. And there was none taking hold of your hand, nor of all your sons whom you raised. 19 Therefore these things are adverse to you. Who will grieve with you? A calamitous downfall, and defeat, hunger, and sword; who will comfort you? 20 Your sons, the ones being perplexed, the ones sleeping upon the top of all the streets, as [²beet ¹a half-boiled]; the ones full of the rage of the lord, fainting from the lord God. 21 On account of this, hear! O one being humbled, and O one being intoxicated not from wine. 22 Thus says the lord God, the one judging his people, Behold, I took from out of your hand the cup of the blow, the drinking cup of my rage; and you shall not proceed to drink it any longer. 23 And I give it into the hand of the ones wronging you, and of the ones humbling you; the ones who said to your soul, Bow! that we should go by. And you put [³equal ⁴to the ⁵ground ¹the things ²in your midst] outside to the ones coming near.