Isaiah 51:16

I have placed my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of my hand, 1 that I may plant the heavens, lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, 'You are my people.'” 1

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And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

In Context

15For I am Yahweh your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves roar—Yahweh of hosts is his name. 1

17Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, 1 you who have drunk out of the hand of Yahweh from the bowl of his anger; 1 you who have drunk out of the bowl, down to the dregs from the cup of staggering. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 4:15You will speak to him and put the words to say into his mouth. I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will show you both what to do.

Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up a prophet for them from among their brothers, just like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all that I command him.

Psalms 75:3Though the earth and all the inhabitants shake in fear, 1 I make steady the earth's pillars. Selah 1

Isaiah 45:18This is what Yahweh says, who created the heavens, the true God 1 who created the earth and made it, who established it. 1 He created it, not as a waste, but designed it to be inhabited: 1 “I am Yahweh, and there is no other. 1

Isaiah 49:2He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hand; 1 he has made me into a polished arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me. 1

Isaiah 50:4The Lord Yahweh has given me a tongue as one of those who are taught, 1 so that I speak a sustaining word to the weary one; 1 he wakes me morning by morning; he awakens my ear to hear like those who are taught. 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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