Isaiah 51:3

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 ¹  her,

thanksgiving and the sound of music.

Isaiah 51:1

There is Hope for the Future

51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, ² 

who seek the Lord!

Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,

at the quarry ³  from which you were dug! ⁴ 

Isaiah 2:7

2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;

there is no end to their wealth. ⁵ 

Their land is full of horses;

there is no end to their chariots. ⁶ 

[51:3]  ¹ tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[51:1]  ² tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”

[51:1]  ³ tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”

[51:1]  ⁴ sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”

[2:7]  ⁶ sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.