Text -- Isaiah 51:13 (NET)

51:13 Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 51:13

¹ tn Heb “and that you forget.”

² tn Or “the heavens” (also in v. 16). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

³ tn Heb “and that you tremble constantly all the day.”

⁴ tn The question anticipates the answer, “Ready to disappear!” See v. 14.