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Isaiah 51:1-3

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There is Hope for the Future

51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, 1 

who seek the Lord!

Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,

at the quarry 2  from which you were dug! 3 

51:2 Look at Abraham, your father,

and Sarah, who gave you birth. 4 

When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, 5 

but I blessed him 6  and gave him numerous descendants. 7 

51:3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;

he will console all her ruins.

He will make her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the Garden of the Lord.

Happiness and joy will be restored to 8  her,

thanksgiving and the sound of music.

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[51:1]  1 tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”

[51:1]  2 tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”

[51:1]  3 sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.

[51:2]  4 sn Although Abraham and Sarah are distant ancestors of the people the prophet is addressing, they are spoken of as the immediate parents.

[51:2]  5 tn Heb “one”; NLT “was alone”; TEV “was childless.”

[51:2]  6 tn “Bless” may here carry the sense of “endue with potency, reproductive power.” See Gen 1:28.

[51:2]  7 tn Heb “and I made him numerous.”

[51:3]  8 tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).



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