Isaiah 51:13

You 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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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

12It's me, yes, I am the one who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortals who die just like grass?

14The prisoners that are bowed down will soon be set free. They're not going to die; they won't go on being hungry.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9The enemy bragged, “I will chase them and catch up with them. I will divide the plunder. I will eat them alive. I will swing my sword. By my hand I will destroy them.”

Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and his friends told him, “Arrange for a pole to be set up, fifty cubits high. Then, in the morning, go and ask the king to have Mordecai impaled on it. Afterwards, you'll be happy as you go with the king to the dinner.” Haman thought this was good advice, so he had the pole set up.

Job 9:8He alone is the one who stretches out the heavens and walks on the waves of the sea.

Job 37:18Can you hammer out the sky so it becomes like a molten mirror, as he does?

Psalms 37:35I have watched the wicked acting brutally, spreading like a large tree in its native land.

Psalms 102:25Long ago you created the earth; you made the heavens.

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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