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Isaiah 51:9-11
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 51:9-11
Contemporary English Version
A Prayer for the Lord's Help
9 Wake up! Do something, Lord.
Be strong and ready.
Wake up! Do what you did
for our people long ago.
Didn't you chop up
Rahab[a] the monster?
10 Didn't you dry up the deep sea
and make a road for your people
to follow safely across?
11 Now those you have rescued
will return to Jerusalem,
singing on their way.
They will be crowned
with great happiness,
never again to be burdened
with sadness and sorrow.
Footnotes
- 51.9 Rahab: This may refer to Egypt at the time of the exodus.
Isaiah 51:9-11
New International Version
Isaiah 51:9-11
New International Version
9 Awake, awake,(A) arm(B) of the Lord,
clothe yourself with strength!(C)
Awake, as in days gone by,
as in generations of old.(D)
Was it not you who cut Rahab(E) to pieces,
who pierced that monster(F) through?
10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,(G)
the waters of the great deep,(H)
who made a road in the depths of the sea(I)
so that the redeemed(J) might cross over?
11 Those the Lord has rescued(K) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;(L)
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy(M) will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.(N)
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