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Isaiah 51:11-13
International Standard Version
Isaiah 51:11-13
International Standard Version
A Promise of Return to the Land
11 “The scattered ones[a] of the Lord will return,
and they will enter Zion with singing.
Everlasting joy will be upon their heads;
they will attain joy and gladness,
and[b] sorrow and sighing will flee away.[c]
12 “I—yes, I—am the one who comforts you.
Who are you, that you are so afraid of humans who will die,
descendants of mere[d] men, who have been made[e] like grass?
13 As a result, you have forgotten the Lord who made you,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the earth’s foundations,
and you live in constant fear every day
because of the oppressor’s fury,
since he’s ready to destroy.
Now where is the[f] oppressor’s fury?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read ransomed ones; 1QIsaa corrector wrote redeemed then erased and wrote scattered ones
- Isaiah 51:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac LXX; MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 51:11 So 1QIsaa MTms (sing.); cf Isa 51:3; MT (pl.)
- Isaiah 51:12 1QIsaa MT LXX lack mere
- Isaiah 51:12 So 1QIsaa; MT reads are made; LXX reads will be dried up
- Isaiah 51:13 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa omitted oppressor’s…the then inserted the missing lines at the top of column 43
Isaiah 51:11-13
New International Version
Isaiah 51:11-13
New International Version
11 Those the Lord has rescued(A) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;(B)
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy(C) will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.(D)
12 “I, even I, am he who comforts(E) you.
Who are you that you fear(F) mere mortals,(G)
human beings who are but grass,(H)
13 that you forget(I) the Lord your Maker,(J)
who stretches out the heavens(K)
and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror(L) every day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?(M)
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