Isaiah 51:9-16

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹ Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Lord!
Wake up as you did in days long past, as in generations long ago.
Didn’t you cut Rahab ^[a] into pieces and stab the serpent?
¹⁰ Didn’t you dry up the sea, the water of the great ocean?
You made a road in the depths of the sea
so that the people reclaimed ⌞by the Lord⌟
might pass through it.
¹¹ The people ransomed by the Lord will return.
They will come to Zion singing with joy.
Everlasting happiness will be on their heads ⌞as a crown⌟.
They will be glad and joyful.
They will have no sorrow or grief.

¹² I alone am the one who comforts you.
Why, then, are you afraid of mortals, who must die,
of humans, who are like grass?
¹³ Why have you forgotten the Lord, your Creator?
He stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
Why should you live in constant fear of the fury
of those who oppress you,
of those who are ready to destroy you?
Where is the fury of those who oppress you?
¹⁴ Chained prisoners will be set free.
They will not die in prison.
They will not go without food.
¹⁵ I am the Lord your God who stirs up the sea
and makes its waves roar.
My name is the Lord of Armies.
¹⁶ I put my words in your mouth
and sheltered you in the palm of my hand.
I stretched out the heavens,
laid the foundations of the earth,
and said to Zion, “You are my people.”