{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/51","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:56:33.180Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":51,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":50,"nextChapter":52,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the LORD hath comforted Zion: he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the peoples."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Art thou not it that cut Rahab in pieces, that pierced the dragon?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Art thou not it which dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"and hast forgotten the LORD 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?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For I am the LORD thy God, which stirreth up the sea, that the waves thereof roar: the LORD of hosts is his name."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And I have put my words in thy mouth, and 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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"These two things are befallen thee; who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the top of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 51 (ERV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 51](https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/51)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/51 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}