Isaiah 51:10

51:10 Did you not dry up the sea,

the waters of the great deep?

Did you not make ¹  a path through the depths of the sea,

so those delivered from bondage ²  could cross over?

Isaiah 51:13

51:13 Why do you forget ³  the Lord, who made you,

who stretched out the sky ⁴ 

and founded the earth?

Why do you constantly tremble all day long ⁵ 

at the anger of the oppressor,

when he makes plans to destroy?

Where is the anger of the oppressor? ⁶ 

[51:10]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “Are you not the one who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made…?”

[51:10]  ² tn Heb “the redeemed” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “the ransomed.”

[51:13]  ³ tn Heb “and that you forget.”

[51:13]  ⁴ tn Or “the heavens” (also in v. 16). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[51:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “and that you tremble constantly all the day.”

[51:13]  ⁶ tn The question anticipates the answer, “Ready to disappear!” See v. 14.