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Isaiah 51:13

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11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

12 “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

14 The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

15 For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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BSB
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
KJV
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?
WEB
Have you forgotten the LORD your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?
ASV
and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
DARBY
and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
BLB
And you forget YHWH your Maker, the One stretching out the heavens, and laying the foundations of the earth; and you are in dread continually, all the day, from the face of the rage of the one oppressing, who is prepared to destroy. And where [is] the rage of the oppressor?
ÅB
og at du glemmer Herren, din skaper, som utspente himmelen og grunnfestet jorden, og alltid hele dagen engster deg for undertrykkerens vrede, når han legger pilen til rette for å ødelegge? Hvor er da undertrykkerens vrede?
OTB
at du glemmer Herren din Skaper, som strakte ut himmelen og la jordens grunnvoller, at du lever i konstant frykt hver dag på grunn av undertrykkerens raseri, som er innstilt på ødeleggelse? Hvor er undertrykkerens raseri?
B1930
og at du glemmer Herren, din skaper, som utspente himmelen og grunnfestet jorden, og alltid hele dagen engster dig for undertrykkerens vrede, når han legger pilen til rette for å ødelegge? Hvor er da undertrykkerens vrede?

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 40:22

    He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

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  • Isaiah 45:12

    It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.

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  • Isaiah 17:10

    For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

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  • Psalms 104:2

    He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

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  • Daniel 3:19

    At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

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  • Isaiah 48:13

    Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.

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  • Isaiah 44:24

    Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

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  • Job 9:8

    He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

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