Jesaja 51:12

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

span data-lang="dut" data-trans="lie" data-ref="isa.51.1" class="versetxt"> Hoort naar mij, gij die de gerechtigheid najaagt, gij die den Heer zoekt! Ziet op de rots waaruit gij gehouwen, en op de steengroeve waaruit gij gegraven zijt; ziet op Abraham, uw vader, op Sara, die u baarde; hij was immers nog alleen toen ik hem riep? en ik zegende en vermenigvuldigde hem. Want de Heer heeft Sion vertroost, heeft al haar puinhopen vertroost, maakt haar woestijn aan Eden gelijk, haar wildernis aan den hof des Heeren; vreugde en blijdschap zal in haar gevonden worden, lofgezang en lied. Luister naar mij, mijn volk, mijn natie, leen mij het oor! want wet gaat van mij uit, en mijn recht, tot een licht der volken. In een oogwenk is mijn zege nabij, komt mijn heil te voorschijn, en zullen mijn armen de volkeren vonnissen. Dat verre streken op mij hopen, uitzien naar mijn machtsbetoon! Heft uw ogen op naar den hemel, en blikt naar de aarde hier omlaag; want de hemel zal als rook verdwijnen, de aarde als een kleed verslijten, haar bewoners zullen als muggen sterven; maar mijn heil zal in eeuwigheid bestaan, mijn zege niet uitblijven. Hoort naar mij, gij die de gerechtigheid kent, gij volk met mijn wet in het hart! Vreest niet voor den hoon der mensen, en schrikt niet voor hun beschimping; want als een kleed zal hen de mot verteren, als wol hen verteren de worm; maar mijn zege zal in eeuwigheid bestaan, mijn heil van geslacht tot geslacht. Waak op, waak op, bekleed u met sterkte, gij arm des Heeren! waak op als vanouds, in den voortijd. Waart gij het niet die het Monster verpletterdet, den Draak doorboordet? Waart gij het niet die de zee drooglegdet, de wateren van den groten oceaan? die de diepten der zee tot een weg maaktet, langs welken de verlosten overtrokken? 22.isa.nl.lie.ot.map 051:012 Ik, ikzelf ben uw vertrooster; waarom vreesdet gij dan voor mensen, die sterven moeten, voor mensenkinderen, wien het gaat als het gras?

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Ik, Ik ben uw Trooster: wie zijt gij dan, dat gij voor mensen vreest, die immers sterven, en voor mensenkinderen, die het gras gelijk zijn,

Staten Vertaling
Ik, Ik ben het, Die u troost; wie zijt gij, dat gij vreest voor den mens, die sterven zal? en voor eens mensen kind, dat hooi worden zal?

Bible Verse Review
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am he: Isaiah 51:3, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 57:15-18, Isaiah 66:13, John 14:18, John 14:26, John 14:27, Acts 9:31, 2 Corinthians 1:3-5, 2 Corinthians 7:5, 2 Corinthians 7:6

that thou: Isaiah 51:7, Isaiah 51:8, Isaiah 2:22, Psalms 118:6, Psalms 146:4, Proverbs 29:26, Daniel 3:16-18, Matthew 10:28, Luke 12:4, Luke 12:5

man which: Isaiah 40:6, Psalms 90:5, Psalms 90:6, Psalms 92:7, Psalms 103:15, Psalms 103:16, James 1:10, James 1:11, 1 Peter 1:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:17 - behold Genesis 15:1 - Fear Genesis 26:24 - fear Exodus 14:10 - sore afraid Exodus 14:17 - behold Numbers 18:6 - And I Deuteronomy 31:6 - fear not Joshua 17:18 - for thou shalt 1 Samuel 15:24 - I feared 1 Samuel 17:11 - dismayed 1 Samuel 27:1 - And David 1 Kings 18:2 - went to show 1 Kings 19:3 - he arose 2 Kings 1:15 - be not afraid of him 2 Kings 19:6 - Be not afraid Nehemiah 4:14 - remember Nehemiah 6:13 - that I should Psalms 8:4 - son Psalms 56:11 - I will not Psalms 72:4 - the oppressor Isaiah 7:4 - fear not Isaiah 8:12 - A confederacy Isaiah 26:14 - dead Isaiah 37:6 - Be not Isaiah 40:1 - comfort Isaiah 40:9 - be not Isaiah 41:10 - Fear Isaiah 57:11 - of whom Jeremiah 1:8 - not afraid Jeremiah 23:39 - even I Jeremiah 38:19 - I Jeremiah 41:18 - for they Ezekiel 2:6 - be not Ezekiel 32:23 - which Ezekiel 34:11 - I Daniel 3:18 - be it Micah 2:13 - their Zechariah 1:17 - the Lord shall Matthew 2:19 - Herod Matthew 5:4 - General Matthew 10:26 - Fear Matthew 14:27 - it Luke 21:9 - when John 9:22 - because John 16:22 - and your John 19:13 - heard Acts 4:24 - Lord 2 Corinthians 1:4 - comforteth Philippians 1:28 - in 2 Thessalonians 2:17 - Comfort Hebrews 2:6 - the son Hebrews 6:18 - we might Hebrews 11:23 - and they 1 Peter 3:14 - and be 1 Peter 4:19 - a faithful Revelation 21:8 - the fearful

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I, even I, am he that comforteth you,.... This is an answer to the prayer of the prophet, or the church by him, in which the Lord promises not only assistance and help, but comfort; not only to exert his power and show his great strength by making bare his arm; but to open his heart, unbosom himself, and show his great love and strong affection for them; and so administer divine comforts unto them, giving more than was asked for: and he promises to do it himself, not by his prophets and ministers, word and ordinances, though these are the usual means; but he himself would do it by his Spirit and grace, and the immediate discoveries of his love; and which he repeats, to show the certainty of it, as well as to point out to their view the great Comforter himself; which is an instance of amazing condescension, and could not fail of exciting admiration and thankfulness in them; see 2 Corinthians 1:3,

who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die; a poor faint hearted creature indeed, to be afraid of a frail mortal dying man; which is the case of every man, even of the greatest of men, of the kings and princes of the earth, who all die like other men; the most proud and haughty tyrants, the fierce and furious persecutors of the people of God. Perhaps the Roman Pagan persecutors may be had in view, whose edicts were very terrible to the first Christians, whose persecutions were very violent and furious, and the tortures and deaths they put them to were very dreadful; and which put them in great fear though they had no reason to fear them that could destroy the body, and do no more; and the rather, since these were mortal men, and did die, and their persecutions came to an end. Or it may be, the man of sin, the son of perdition, antichrist, is here referred to, who in his time has made all to tremble at him, Revelation 13:3 but must die, and his power too, and will be destroyed with the breath of Christ's mouth, and the brightness of his coming; and therefore his church and people have no reason to be afraid of him:

and of the son of man, which shall be made as grass; as weak as that, which cannot stand before the scythe, is cut down, and tossed about, and trampled upon, and made hay of, and becomes the food of beasts,

Psalms 90:5. Or the words may be rendered, "and of the son of man, to whom grass shall be given"; r which if understood of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, of whom the people of the Jews were afraid, and who was a type of antichrist, it was literally true of him, Daniel 4:32.

r חציר ינין "herba dabitur", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I even I am he that comforteth you - The word ‘I’ is repeated here to give emphasis to the passage, and to impress deeply upon them the fact that their consolation came alone from God. The argument is, that since God was their protector and friend, they had no occasion to fear anything that man could do.

Of a man that shall die - God your comforter will endure forever. But all men - even the most mighty - must soon die. And if God is our protector, what occasion can we have to fear what a mere mortal can do to us?

And of the son of man - This phrase is common in the Hebrew Scriptures, and means the same as man.

Shall be made as grass - They shall perish as grass does that is cut down at mid-day (see the notes at Isaiah 40:6-7).