Isaiah 51:13

And forgettest Hashem Osehcha (thy Maker), 1 that hath stretched out Shomayim, 1 and laid the foundations of Eretz; 1 and thou art terrified tamid (constantly), kol hayom, 1 because of the fury of the oppressor 1 when he is ready to destroy? 1 And where is the fury of the oppressor? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

12I, even I, am He that comforteth you. 1 Who art thou, that thou shouldest fear enosh that shall die, 1 and ben adam which shall be made as khatzir (grass); 1

14The tzo'eh (the one stooped [in the Golus]) hasteneth that he may be set free, 1 and that he should not die in shachat, 1 nor that his lechem should fail. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9The oyev said, 1 I will pursue, I will overtake, 1 I will share the plunder; 1 my battle-lust shall be satisfied upon them; 1 I will draw my cherev, 1 my yad shall take possession of 1

Esther 5:14Then said Zeresh his isha and all his ohavim (friends) unto him, Let an etz (hanging tree) be made of fifty cubits high, and baboker (in the morning) speak thou unto HaMelech that Mordechai may be hanged thereon; + 5:14 See Lk 23:21 then go thou samei'ach (joyfully) with HaMelech unto the mishteh. And the thing was tov to Haman; and he caused HaEtz to be built.

Job 9:8Which spreadeth out Shomayim by Himself alone, 1 and treadeth upon the waves of the yam; 1

Job 37:18Hast thou with Him spread out the shekhakim (clouds), 1 hard as a molten mirror? 1

Psalms 37:35I have seen the violently powerful rashah, 1 spreading himself like an indigenous green tree. 1

Psalms 102:25I said, O my G-d, 1 take me not away in the midst of my yamim; 1 Thy years are dor dorim (throughout all generations). 1

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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