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13 Why do you forget[a] the Lord, who made you,
who stretched out the sky[b]
and founded the earth?
Why do you constantly tremble all day long[c]
at the anger of the oppressor,
when he makes plans to destroy?
Where is the anger of the oppressor?[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:13 tn Heb “and that you forget.”
  2. Isaiah 51:13 tn Or “the heavens” (also in v. 16). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
  3. Isaiah 51:13 tn Heb “and that you tremble constantly all the day.”
  4. Isaiah 51:13 tn The question anticipates the answer, “Ready to disappear!” See v. 14.