Isaiah 51:13

Why have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens 1 and laid the foundations of the earth? You are in constant dread every day 1 because of the hot fury of the oppressor when he decides to destroy. Where is the fury of the oppressor? 1

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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

12“I, I, am he who comforts you. 1 Why are you afraid of men, who will die, the sons of mankind, who are made like grass? 1

14The one who is bent down, Yahweh will hurry to release; he will not die and go down to the pit, nor will he lack bread. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will share out the plunder; 1 my desire will be satisfied on them; 1 I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.' 1

Esther 5:14Then Zeresh his wife said to Haman and all his friends, “Let them make a gallows fifty cubits high. In the morning speak to the king for them to hang Mordecai on it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This pleased Haman and he had the gallows constructed.

Job 9:8who by himself stretches out the heavens 1 and tramples down the waves of the sea, 1

Job 37:18Can you spread out the sky as he can— 1 the sky, which is as strong as a mirror of cast metal? 1

Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked and terrifying person 1 spread out like a green tree in its native soil. 1

Psalms 102:25In ancient times you set the earth in place; 1 the heavens are the work of your hands. 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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