Isaiah 51:12

It's me, yes, I am the one who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortals who die just like grass?

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

11Those the Lord has set free will return, singing as they enter Jerusalem, wearing crowns of everlasting joy. They are overcome with thankfulness and happiness; sorrow and sadness simply disappear.

13You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and who laid the foundations of the earth! That's why you shake with fear all day long, because you're threatened by the anger of those who oppress you, wanting to destroy you. But where are your oppressors and their anger now?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:13So he changed the way he acted toward them and pretended to be crazy. He scratched marks on the town gates and let his spit run down his beard.

Psalms 92:7even though the wicked grow up quickly like grass, and even though people who do evil flourish, they will be destroyed forever!

Psalms 118:6The Lord is with me, so I have nothing to fear. No one can harm me.

Proverbs 29:26Many people look for favors from a ruler, but justice comes from the Lord.

Isaiah 8:12Don't call a conspiracy everything that these people call a conspiracy. Don't fear what they fear. Don't be overawed!

Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, yes comfort my people!” says your God.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:10-17

Prayer in Behalf of Israel; Encouragement to the People of God. ( b. c. 706.) 9 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? 10 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? 11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon… Read the whole commentary →

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