Isaiah 51:16
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.
I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
17 Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.
18 Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
- ASV
- And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
- DARBY
- And I have put my words in thy mouth, and covered thee with the shadow of my hand, to plant the heavens, and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
- BLB
- And I have put My words in your mouth, and with the shadow of My hand I have covered you, to plant the heavens and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You [are] My people!’”
- ÅB
- Og jeg la mine ord i din munn og dekket deg med min hånds skygge for å plante himmelen og grunnfeste jorden og for å si til Sion: Du er mitt folk.
- OTB
- Jeg har lagt mine ord i din munn og dekket deg med skyggen av min hånd, for å etablere himmelen, legge jordens grunnvoller, og si til Sion, ‘Du er mitt folk.’”
- B1930
- Og jeg la mine ord i din munn og dekket dig med min hånds skygge for å plante himmelen og grunnfeste jorden og for å si til Sion: Du er mitt folk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 59:21
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:2
He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
Read in contextJohn 17:8
For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:22
“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
Read in contextJohn 8:38–40
I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
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