Isaiah 51

1 [Yahweh says], “You people who desire to act righteously/justly, who want to do what I want you to do, listen to me! Think about Abraham! [It is as though] [MET] he was a huge rock cliff; and when you [people of Israel became a nation], [it was as though] [MET] you were cut from that rock [DOU].

to hear: hear to(wards) me to pursue righteousness to seek LORD to look to(wards) rock to hew and to(wards) hole pit to dig

2 Think about your ancestor Abraham and [his wife] Sarah, of whom [all of] you are descendants. When I first spoke to Abraham, he had no children. But after I blessed him, he had a huge number of descendants.

to look to(wards) Abraham father your and to(wards) Sarah to twist: give birth you for one to call: call to him and to bless him and to multiply him

3 [Some day I], Yahweh, will encourage his descendants [again], and I will comfort all [the people who live in] the ruins [of Jerusalem]. The desert in that area will become like Eden, like the garden that I, Yahweh, [made/planted]. All the people there will be joyful and happy; they will thank me and sing.

for to be sorry: comfort LORD Zion to be sorry: comfort all desolation her and to set: make wilderness her like/as Eden and plain her like/as garden LORD rejoicing and joy to find in/on/with her thanksgiving and voice melody

4 My people of Judah, listen carefully [DOU] to me, because [I want you to] proclaim my laws; the just/right things that I do will be [like] [MET] a light for the people of the nations.

to listen to(wards) me people my and people my to(wards) me to listen for instruction from with me to come out: speak and justice my to/for light people to rest

5 I will soon/quickly rescue you [DOU]; by my power [MTY] I will bring you back [from being exiled in Babylonia] [DOU]. The people who live on islands in the ocean will wait for me [to help them], confidently expecting for me to use my power [MTY].

near righteousness my to come out: come salvation my and arm my people to judge to(wards) me coastland to await and to(wards) arm my to wait: hope [emph?]

6 Look up at the sky, and look at the earth, [and see what they are like now], because [some day] the sky will disappear like [SIM] smoke, and the earth will wear out like [SIM] old clothes wear out, and people on the earth will die like gnats/flies. But I will rescue/save you, and you will remain free forever, and I will rule you righteously/fairly forever.

to lift: look to/for heaven eye your and to look to(wards) [the] land: country/planet from underneath: under for heaven like/as smoke to dissipate and [the] land: country/planet like/as garment to become old and to dwell her like gnat to die [emph?] and salvation my to/for forever: enduring to be and righteousness my not to to be dismayed

7 You people who know what things are right to do, and who know in your inner beings [what is written in] my laws, listen to me! Do not be afraid of people who taunt/insult you; do not be disturbed/upset when people revile you,

to hear: hear to(wards) me to know righteousness people instruction my in/on/with heart their not to fear reproach human and from reviling their not to to be dismayed

8 because [some day they will be destroyed] like [MET] clothing that is eaten by ([larvae of] moths/cockroaches), like wool garments that have been eaten by worms. I will save you people, and you will be saved forever.”

for like/as garment to eat them moth and like/as wool to eat them moth and righteousness my to/for forever: enduring to be and salvation my to/for generation generation

9 Yahweh, wake up [and do something for us]! Show your power! Do mighty things like you did long ago, when you stabbed [RHQ] that sea monster/dragon Rahab and cut it into pieces.

to rouse to rouse to clothe strength arm LORD to rouse like/as day front: old generation forever: antiquity not you(f. s.) he/she/it [the] to hew Rahab monster to bore serpent: monster

10 Surely you are [RHQ] the one who caused the [Red] Sea to become dry and made a path through that deep water in order that your people could cross it!

not you(f. s.) he/she/it [the] to dry sea water abyss many [the] to set: make deep sea way: road to/for to pass to redeem: redeem

11 And those whom Yahweh will rescue [from being exiled in Babylonia] will [similarly] return to Jerusalem, singing. Their being joyful forever will be [like] [MET] a crown on their heads. They will not be sad or mourn any more; they will be [completely] joyful and happy.

and to ransom LORD to return: return [emph?] and to come (in): come Zion in/on/with cry and joy forever: enduring upon head their rejoicing and joy to overtake [emph?] to flee sorrow and sighing

12 [Yahweh says], “I am the one who encourages you. So (why are you/you should not be) [RHQ] afraid of humans who will [wither and disappear like] [MET] grass.

I I he/she/it to be sorry: comfort you who? you(f. s.) and to fear from human to die and from son: child man grass to give: make

13 (Why have you/You should not have) [RHQ] forgotten [me], Yahweh, the one who created your nation, the one who stretched out the sky and laid the foundations of the earth. (Why are you/You should not be) [RHQ] continually afraid of those who are angry with you and (oppress you/treat you cruelly) and want to get rid of you. [You should not be afraid of them now], because those angry people have now disappeared!

and to forget LORD to make you to stretch heaven and to found land: country/planet and to dread continually all [the] day from face of rage [the] to press like/as as which to establish: establish to/for to ruin and where? rage [the] to press

14 Soon you people who have been caused to be slaves [in Babylonia] will be freed! You will not remain in prison, and you will not die of hunger,

to hasten to march to/for to open and not to die to/for Pit: hell and not to lack food: bread his (questioned)

15 because I am Yahweh, your God, the one who stirs up the sea and causes the waves to roar; I am the Commander of the armies of angels!

and I LORD God your to disturb [the] sea and to roar heap: wave his LORD Hosts name his

16 I have given you my message [MTY] to proclaim, and I have protected you with my hand [MTY]. I stretched out the sky and laid the foundation of the earth. And I am the one who says to you Israeli people, ‘You are my people!’”

and to set: put word my in/on/with lip your and in/on/with shadow hand: power my to cover you to/for to plant heaven and to/for to found land: country/planet and to/for to say to/for Zion people my you(m. s.)

17 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, wake up [DOU]! You have experienced Yahweh severely punishing [MTY] you. Yahweh has caused you to suffer much, all that he wanted you to suffer, like [MET] someone who causes another person to suffer by forcing him to drink every drop of [MTY] a cupful of bitter liquid.

to rouse to rouse to arise: establish Jerusalem which to drink from hand LORD [obj] cup rage his [obj] dreg cup [the] reeling to drink to drain

18 [Now] you do not have any children who are alive [DOU] and able to take your hand and guide you.

nothing to guide to/for her from all son: child to beget and nothing to strengthen: hold in/on/with hand her from all son: child to magnify

19 You have experienced several disasters: Your country has become desolate/deserted; [your cities have been] destroyed; [many people have] died from hunger; [many people have been] killed by your enemies’ swords. Now, there is no one [RHQ] left to console/comfort you and sympathize with you.

two they(fem.) to encounter: chanced you who? to wander to/for you [the] violence and [the] breaking and [the] famine and [the] sword who? to be sorry: comfort you

20 Your children have fainted and lie in the streets; they are [as helpless as] [SIM] an antelope [that has been caught] in a net. What has happened to them is because Yahweh has been very angry with them; he has rebuked them severely.

son: child your to enwrap to lie down: lay down in/on/with head: top all outside like/as antelope net [the] full rage LORD rebuke God your

21 So now, you people who have suffered much, [you act as though] you are drunk, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine.

to/for so to hear: hear please this afflicted and be drunk and not from wine

22 Yahweh, your Lord and your God, the one who argues/pleads your case, says this: “Note this: [It is as though] [MET] I have taken that cup of bitter liquid from your hands; I will not be angry with you and cause you to suffer any more.

thus to say lord your LORD and God your to contend people his behold to take: take from hand your [obj] cup [the] reeling [obj] dreg cup rage my not to add: again to/for to drink her still

23 Instead, I will cause those who have tormented you to suffer; [I will severely punish] those who said to you, ‘Prostrate yourselves in order that we may walk on you; [lie down on your stomachs] in order that your backs will be like [SIM] streets that we can walk on.’”

and to set: put her in/on/with hand to suffer you which to say to/for soul: myself your to bow and to pass and to set: make like/as land: soil back your and like/as outside to/for to pass