Isaiah 51:13

◄Why have you/You should not have► [RHQ] forgotten me, Yahweh, the one who created your nation, the one who stretched out the sky and laid the foundations of the earth. ◄Why are you/You should not be► [RHQ] continually afraid of those who are angry with you and ◄oppress you/treat you cruelly► and want to get rid of you. You should not be afraid of them now, because those angry people have now disappeared!

Translation for Translators

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

12Yahweh says, “I am the one who encourages you. So ◄why are you/you should not be► [RHQ] afraid of humans who will wither and disappear like [MET] grass.

14Soon you people who have been caused to be slaves in Babylonia will be freed! You will not remain in prison, and you will not die of hunger,

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9Our enemies said, ‘We will pursue them and catch up to them. We will draw our swords and strike them. After we defeat them, we will divide up the spoils. We will take from them all we want.’

Esther 5:14So Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends who were there suggested, “ Why don’t you quickly set up ◄a gallows/posts on which to hang someone►. Make it 75 feet tall. Then tomorrow morning ask the king to hang Mordecai on it. After that, you can go to the banquet with the king and be cheerful.” That idea pleased Haman very much, so he gave men orders to set up the gallows/posts.

Job 9:8He alone ◄stretched out/put in place► the sky; he alone puts his feet on the waves (OR, on the huge sea monster).

Job 37:18◄Can you stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as [SIM] a sheet of polished brass?/You certainly cannot stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as [SIM] a sheet of polished brass!► [RHQ]

Psalms 37:35I have seen that wicked people who ◄act like tyrants/terrify people► sometimes prosper, like trees that grow well in fertile soil,

Psalms 102:25You created the world long ago, and you made ◄the heavens/everything in the sky► with your own hands.

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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