Isaiah 51:1-23 The Lord God Says His Salvation is Forever

The Lord God Says His Salvation is Forever

Isaiah 51:1-23                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Pay attention] to Me, you, [who] seek the Lord, & follow after righteousness. Look to the Rock [from which] you [were cut,] & to the hole of the pit, [which] you [have dug.] [Deuteronomy 32:15-16 But Jeshurun [grew] fat, & [rebelled.] You [have become] fat, & you [have] grown [stout,] & you are covered with [plumpness.] Then, he [abandoned] God, [Who] made him, & [barely respected] the Rock of his Salvation. They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods, & they provoked Him to anger with abominations.]

Look to Abraham, your [forefather,] & to Sarah, [who bore] you. For I, Alone, called him, & blessed, & increased him. [Genesis 26:4-5 And I will make your seed, [a.k.a. descendants,] to multiply [like] the stars of heaven.

And will give to your [descendants] all these countries. And all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in your seed, because Abraham obeyed My voice, & kept My charge, [a.k.a. responsibility given,] My commandments, My [mandates,] & My Laws.]

For the Lord shall comfort Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] & He will comfort her waste [lands.] And He will make her wilderness like Eden, & her desert like the [Lord's] garden. Joy & gladness, & [giving thanks,] & the [sound] of melody, shall be found [there.] [Pay attention] to Me, My people, & [lend] [your] ear to Me, O My nation.

For a Law shall [come] from Me, & I shall make My judgment, [a.k.a. justice,] for a Light to the rest of the people. [Isaiah 42:6-8 I, the Lord, have called You in Righteousness, & will hold Your hand, & keep You, & give You for a Covenant, [a.k.a. Contract, for] the people, & for a Light [for] the Gentiles; *To open the eyes [of] the blind, & to bring out the prisoners from the prison, & [those who] sit in darkness, out of the prison house. I Am the Lord, & that is My Name. And I will not give My glory to another, & neither will I give My praise to [carved] images.]

My righteousness is [close,] & My Salvation [has] gone [out.] And [My] arms shall judge the people. The [coastal] [islands] shall wait upon Me, & they shall trust upon [My] arm.

[Isaiah 60:9 Surely the [coastal] [islands] shall wait for Me, & the ships of Tarshish. First, to bring your sons from far [away,] & their silver & gold with them, unto the Name of the Lord your God, & to the Holy One of Israel, because He [has] glorified you.]

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, & look upon the earth [below.] For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, & the earth shall [grow] old like a garment, & [those who] dwell [there] shall die in [a similar] manner.

Revelation 6:12-14 And I [saw] when he had opened the 6th seal, & [looked,] there was a [large] earthquake, & the sun became black [like] sackcloth [made from goats'] hair, & the moon became [like] blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even [like] a fig tree [casts its unripened] figs, when [it] is shaken [from] a mighty wind. And the heaven departed [like] a scroll when it is rolled together. And every mountain & island were [removed] out of their places.]

But My Salvation shall be forever, & My Righteousness shall not be abolished.  [Romans 10:9-13 That if you [shall] confess the Lord Jesus with your mouth, & [shall] believe in your heart that God [has] raised Him from the dead, you [shall] be saved. For with the heart, man believes [that leads] to righteousness, & with the mouth, confession is made [that leads] to Salvation. For the Scripture [says, Whoever believes in] Him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew & the Greek, [a.k.a. Gentile:] for the same Lord over all is rich unto all [who] call upon Him. For [whoever] shall call upon the Name of the Lord, shall be saved.]

[Pay attention] to Me, you, [who] know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law. [Don't] fear the [disapproval] of men, & neither be afraid of their [criticism.] For the moth shall eat them up [like] a garment, & the worm shall eat them like wool. [Hebrews 1:10-11 And in the beginning, You O Lord [had] laid the foundation of the earth; & the heavens are the works of Your hands. They shall perish, but You [remain.] And they all shall [grow] old [like] a garment [does.]

But My righteousness shall be forever, & My Salvation [shall be] from generation to generation.  Awake, awake, & put on strength. Awake, O arm of the Lord., [like] in the ancient days, in the generations of old. [Aren't] You [He, Who] [has] cut Rahab, [a.k.a. Egypt,] & wounded the dragon?

[Psalm 74:12-14  For God is My King of old, working Salvation in the midst of the earth. You [divided] the sea by Your strength. You [broke] the heads of the dragons in the waters. You [broke] the heads of Leviathan in pieces, & [gave] him to the people inhabiting the wilderness, to be meat, [a.k.a. food.]

Aren't You, [He, Who] [has] dried [up] the sea, the waters of the great deep; [Who] [has] made a [road] in the depths of the sea, for the ransomed to pass over? [Isaiah 63:11-13 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, & his people, saying Where is He, [Who] brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He, [Who] put His Holy Spirit within [them?]

[Who] led them by the right hand of Moses with His glorious arm, dividing the water [in front of] them, to make Himself an everlasting Name? [Who] led them through the deep, [like a] horse in the wilderness, [so] that they shouldn't stumble?]

Therefore, the [Lord's] redeemed [captives] shall return, & come with singing to Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem.] And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads, [a.k.a. minds,] [instead of:] sorrow & mourning, [that] shall flee away. They shall [receive] gladness & joy. [Jeremiah 31:11-12 Hear the Word of the Lord, O you nations, & declare it in the [islands far away], & say, He, [Who] scattered Israel will gather [them,] & keep [them, like] a shepherd [does] his flock. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] & ransomed [them] from the hand of him, [who] was stronger than he.] Therefore, they shall come & sing in [Zion's heights,] & shall flow together to the [Lord's] goodness, for: wheat, wine, oil, the young of: the flock, & the herd. And their soul shall be [like] a watered garden. And they shall [no longer] sorrow, at all.]

I, even I, Am He, [Who comforts] you. Who [are] you, that you [should] be afraid of a man, [who] shall die, & of the son of man, [who] shall be made [like] grass? [Romans 8:31 Then, what shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who can be against us?]

And [do you] [forget] the Lord, your Maker, [Who has] stretched [out] the heavens, & laid the foundations of the earth. [Psalm 106:21-22 They [forgot] God, their Savior, [Who] had done great things in Egypt; wondrous works in the land of Ham & [terribly] [awesome] things by the Red Sea.]

And [has] continually feared everyday, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor? [Exodus 3:7-10 And the Lord said, Surely, I have seen the affliction of My people, [who] are in Egypt, & have heard their [out] cry, [because] of their task-masters. For I know their sorrows. And I Am come down: to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, & to bring them up,  out of that land, to a good & large land, flowing with milk & honey, [all the way] to the place of the: Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, & Jebusites. Therefore, now [look,] the [out] cry of the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel [has] come to Me. And I have also seen the oppression [with which] the Egyptians oppress them. Therefore, come now, & I will send you to Pharaoh, [so] that you [may] bring [out] My people, the children of Israel out of Egypt.]

The [deported captives hurried, so] that he [could] be [loosened, so] he [wouldn't] die in the pit, & [so] that his bread [wouldn't] fail. [Zechariah 9:11 As for you, by the blood of your covenant, I have also sent [forward] your prisoners out of the pit, where [there isn't any] water.]

But I Am the Lord your God, [Who] divided the sea, whose waves roared. The Lord of Hosts is His Name. [Exodus 14:26-28 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, [so] that the waters may [return] again upon the: Egyptians, their chariots, & their horsemen. And Moses stretched [out] his hand over the sea, & the sea returned to [its] strength when the morning appeared. And the Egyptians fled against it, & the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

And the waters returned, & covered the chariots, the horsemen, & all of [Pharaoh's army, who] came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained there.]

And I have put My words in your mouth, & I have covered you in the shadow of [My] hand, [so] that I may [position] the heavens, & lay the foundations of the earth, & say to Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] You [are] My people. Awake, awake, & stand up, O Jerusalem, [that has] drunk His cup of fury, at the hand of the Lord.

You [have drunk] the [scum] of the cup of trembling, & wrung them out. [Isaiah 5:22-23 Woe, [a.k.a. Distress,] to [those who] are mighty to drink wine, & men of strength to [mix] strong [drinks, who] justify the wicked for reward, [a.k.a. bribes,] & take away the [rights from] the righteous!]

There [are] none to guide her, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] among all the sons whom she [has] brought forth. Neither is there any of all the sons that she [has] brought up, [who takes] her by the hand. These 2 things: Desolation, & Destruction, and Famine, & the Sword: [have] come to you.

Who shall be sorry for you? By whom shall I comfort you? [Isaiah 47:9 But these 2 things shall [happen] to you in a moment [on] 1 day: the loss of children, & widowhood. They shall [absolutely] come upon you, for the multitude of your sorceries, & for the great abundance of your enchantments.]

Your sons have fainted, & they lie at the [top] of all the streets, [like] a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, & the [scolding] of your God. Therefore, now hear this, you [drunk,] & afflicted, but not with wine.

The Lord, [says this,] The Lord, & your God, [Who pleads] the [case] of His people, [Look,] I have taken the cup of trembling out of your hand, even the [scum] of the cup of My fury. You [shall] no [longer] drink it again.

But I will put it into the hand of [those who] afflict you: [who] have said to your soul, [Bend] down [flat,] [so] that we may go over [you,] & you [have] laid your body [down] [like] the ground, & [like] the street, to [those who] went over [you.]

[Jeremiah 50:28-30 The [voices] of [those, who] flee & escape out of the land of Babylon, declare to Zion, the vengeance of the Lord our God, & the vengeance of His temple. Call the archers together against Babylon. All you, [who] bend the bow, camp against it, & [surround around] [it.] Let none [of them] escape. [Repay] her, [a.k.a. Babylon,] according to her work, & all that she [has] done, [also] do to her. For she [has] been proud against the Lord, & against the Holy One of Israel. Therefore, her young men shall fall in the streets, & all her men of war shall be cut off [on] that Day, [says] the Lord.]