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Isaiah 51:12
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10 Are You not the One who adried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep;
That made the depths of the sea a road
For the redeemed to cross over? 
11 So athe ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 
12 “I, even I, am He awho comforts you.
Who are you that you should be afraid
bOf a man who will die,
And of the son of a man who will be made clike grass? 
13 And ayou forget the Lord your Maker,
bWho stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth;
You have feared continually every day
Because of the fury of the oppressor,
When he has prepared to destroy.
cAnd where is the fury of the oppressor? 
14 The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed,
aThat he should not die in the pit,
And that his bread should not fail. 
15 But I am the Lord your God,
Who adivided the sea whose waves roared—
The Lord of hosts is His name. 
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Isaiah 51:12

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).




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 51:12:

Habakkuk 1:11
1 Peter 3:14

 

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