Isaiah 51:13 KJV

And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

Thou and Ye

  • thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Christ defends his peopleThe people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that designs such joy for us...

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Parallel Passages

  • Isaiah 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Psalms 104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
  • Isaiah 17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
  • Isaiah 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
  • Job 9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
  • Isaiah 45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

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  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And forgettest וַתִּשְׁכַּח wattiškaḥ שָׁכַח Verb · qal sequential imperfect, second person masculine singular · with and
  • the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • thy maker עֹשֶׂךָ ʿōśekā עָשָׂה Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
  • that hath stretched forth נוֹטֶה nôṭê נָטָה Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
  • the heavens שָׁמַיִם šāmayim שָׁמַיִם Noun · masculine plural
  • and laid the foundations וְיֹסֵד wĕyōsēd יָסַד Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular · with and
  • of the earth אָרֶץ ʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • and hast feared וַתְּפַחֵד wattĕpaḥēd פָּחַד Verb · piel sequential imperfect, second person masculine singular · with and
  • continually תָּמִיד tāmîd תָּמִיד Noun · masculine singular
  • every day כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הַיּוֹם hayyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • because מִפְּנֵי mippĕnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition
  • of the fury חֲמַת ḥămat חֵמָה Noun · feminine singular construct
  • of the oppressor הַמֵּצִיק hammēṣîq צוּק Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular · with the
  • as if כַּאֲשֶׁר kaʾăšer אֲשֶׁר Relative · with preposition
  • he were ready כּוֹנֵן kônēn כּוּן Verb · polel perfect, third person masculine singular
  • to destroy לְהַשְׁחִית lĕhašḥît שָׁחַת Verb · hiphil infinitive construct · with preposition
  • and where is the fury וְאַיֵּה wĕʾayyê Interrogative · with and חֲמַת ḥămat חֵמָה Noun · feminine singular construct
  • of the oppressor הַמֵּצִיק hammēṣîq צוּק Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular · with the

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