Isaiah 51

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 51 of 66

1 Hear Me, pursuers of righteousness, seekers of Jehovah: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hollow of the pit from which you were dug.

2 Look to your father Abraham, and to Sarah who bore you. For he being but one, I called him and blessed him and increased him.

3 For Jehovah comforts Zion. He comforts all her desolations, and He makes her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of singing praise.

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Chapter Summary

An exhortation to trust in Christ, by reason of His comfortable promises, of His righteous salvation, and man's mortality. Christ by His sanctified arm defends His own from the fear of man. the afflictions of Jerusalem.

Key Hebrew Words

מִהַ֥ר acquire by paying purchase-price H4116 · TWOT 1153
תִּבְלֶ֔ה become old and worn out H1086 · TWOT 246
יָנ֣וּד move to and fro H5110 · TWOT 1319
עוּרִ֨י rouse oneself H5782 · TWOT 1587
קֶ֔דֶם front H6924 · TWOT 1988a

People & Context

Look to Abraham and Sarah

God tells the seekers of righteousness to look to their origins (Abraham and Sarah) to find comfort, promising to turn Zion's wasteland into a garden …

Everlasting Salvation Promised

God declares that while the heavens will vanish like smoke and the earth wear out like a garment, His salvation and righteousness will last forever; t…

Awake, Arm of Jehovah!

A plea for the Arm of Jehovah to awake and put on strength as it did when slaying the sea monster Rahab, allowing the ransomed to return to Zion with …

Timeline

Look to Abraham and Sarah

God tells the seekers of righteousness to look to their origins (Abraham and Sarah) to find comfort, promising to turn Zion's wasteland into a garden like Eden.

Isaiah 51:1-3
Everlasting Salvation Promised

God declares that while the heavens will vanish like smoke and the earth wear out like a garment, His salvation and righteousness will last forever; therefore, His people should not fear men.

Isaiah 51:4-8
Awake, Arm of Jehovah!

A plea for the Arm of Jehovah to awake and put on strength as it did when slaying the sea monster Rahab, allowing the ransomed to return to Zion with everlasting joy.

Isaiah 51:9-16

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