Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 51

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Isaiah 51 . 1 , An exhortation , after the pattern of Abraham , to trust in Christ , Isaiah 51 . 3 , by reason of his comfortable promises , Isaiah 51 . 4 , of his righteous salvation , Isaiah 51 . 7 , and man’s mortality; Isaiah 51 . 9 , Christ by his sanctified arm defends his from the fear of man; Isaiah 51 . 17 , He bewails the afflictions of Jerusalem , Isaiah 51 . 21. and promises deliverance.

Isaiah 51:1

"Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Isaiah 51:1 · BSB

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ye that follow12 parallels

ye that seek7 parallels

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Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Isaiah 51:2 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:3

For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

Isaiah 51:3 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:4

Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.

Isaiah 51:4 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:5

My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

Isaiah 51:5 · BSB

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my salvation8 parallels

mine12 parallels

the isles6 parallels

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Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

Isaiah 51:6 · BSB

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the heavens9 parallels

my salvation12 parallels

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Isaiah 51:7

Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

Isaiah 51:7 · BSB

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ye that4 parallels

in whose6 parallels

fear10 parallels

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Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”

Isaiah 51:8 · BSB

the moth5 parallels

my righteousness4 parallels

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Isaiah 51:9

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

Isaiah 51:9 · BSB

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O arm6 parallels

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the dragon6 parallels

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Isaiah 51:10

Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

Isaiah 51:10 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:11

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Isaiah 51:11 · BSB

the redeemed15 parallels

everlasting6 parallels

and sorrow7 parallels

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Isaiah 51:12

“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

Isaiah 51:12 · BSB

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man which9 parallels

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Isaiah 51:13

But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 51:13 · BSB

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feared4 parallels

were ready8 parallels

or , made himself ready

where is23 parallels

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Isaiah 51:14

The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

Isaiah 51:14 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:15

For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Isaiah 51:15 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:16

I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

Isaiah 51:16 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:17

Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.

Isaiah 51:17 · BSB

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which hast13 parallels

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Isaiah 51:18

Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.

Isaiah 51:18 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:19

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

Isaiah 51:19 · BSB

two things2 parallels

who shall7 parallels

by whom11 parallels

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are come Heb. happened

destruction Heb. breaking

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 51:20 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:21

Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.

Isaiah 51:21 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:22

Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.

Isaiah 51:22 · BSB

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Isaiah 51:23

I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

Isaiah 51:23 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web9 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Acts 1:16 → Isaiah 51:16, Isaiah 51:2-3 → Genesis 1:28, Isaiah 51:9 → Isaiah 27:1, Isaiah 51:9-11 → Isaiah 27:1, Isaiah 63:13 → Isaiah 51:10
Echoes Zechariah 1:12 → Isaiah 51:3
Trajectories
Crossing the Red Sea (Baptism into Christ), New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern)
Chiasms
Shaped Isaiah 51:1–8
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