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Isaiah 51 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 Listen to me, you who follow what is just and who seek the Lord. Pay attention to the rock from which you have been hewn, and to the walls of the pit from which you have been dug.
1 OIDME, los que seguís justicia, los que buscáis á Jehová: mirad á la piedra de donde fuisteis cortados, y á la caverna de la fosa de donde fuisteis arrancados.
2 Pay attention to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who bore you. For I called him alone, and I blessed him, and I multiplied him.
2 Mirad á Abraham vuestro padre, y á Sara que os parió; porque solo lo llamé, y bendíjelo, y multipliquélo.
3 Therefore, the Lord will console Zion, and he will console all its ruins. And he will turn her desert into a place of delights, and her wilderness into a garden of the Lord. Gladness and rejoicing will be found in her, thanksgiving and a voice of praise.
3 Ciertamente consolará Jehová á Sión: consolará todas sus soledades, y tornará su desierto como paraíso, y su soledad como huerto de Jehová: hallarse ha en ella alegría y gozo, alabanza y voz de cantar.
4 Pay attention to me, my people, and listen to me, my tribes. For a law will go forth from me, and my judgment will rest as a light for the nations.
4 Estad atentos á mí, pueblo mío, y oidme, nación mía; porque de mí saldrá la ley, y mi juicio descubriré para luz de pueblos.
5 My just one is near. My savior has gone forth. And my arms will judge the people. The islands will hope in me, and they will patiently wait for my arm.
5 Cercana está mi justicia, salido ha mi salud, y mis brazos juzgarán á los pueblos: á mí esperarán las islas, y en mi brazo pondrán su esperanza.
6 Lift up your eyes to heaven, and look down to the earth below. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, and the earth will be worn away like a garment, and its inhabitants will pass away in like manner. But my salvation will be forever, and my justice will not fail.
6 Alzad á los cielos vuestros ojos, y mirad abajo á la tierra: porque los cielos serán deshechos como humo, y la tierra se envejecerá como ropa de vestir, y de la misma manera perecerán sus moradores: mas mi salud será para siempre, mi justicia no perecerá.
7 Listen to me, you who know what is just, my people who have my law in their heart. Do not be afraid of disgrace among men, and do not dread their blasphemies.
7 Oidme, los que conocéis justicia, pueblo en cuyo corazón está mi ley. No temáis afrenta de hombre, ni desmayéis por sus denuestos.
8 For the worm will consume them like a garment, and the moth will devour them like wool. But my salvation will be forever, and my justice will be from generation to generation.
8 Porque como á vestidura los comerá polilla, como á lana los comerá gusano; mas mi justicia permanecerá perpetuamente, y mi salud por siglos de siglos.
9 Rise up, Rise up! Clothe yourself in strength, O arm of the Lord! Rise up as in the days of antiquity, as in generations long past. Have you not struck the arrogant one and wounded the dragon?
9 Despiértate, despiértate, vístete de fortaleza, oh brazo de Jehová; despiértate como en el tiempo antiguo, en los siglos pasados. ¿No eres tú el que cortó á Rahab, [y] el que hirió al dragón?
10 Have not you dried up the sea, the waters of the great abyss, and turned the depths of the sea into a road, so that the delivered could cross over it?
10 ¿No eres tú el que secó la mar, las aguas del grande abismo; el que al profundo de la mar tornó en camino, para que pasasen los redimidos?
11 And now, those who have been redeemed by the Lord will return. And they will arrive in Zion, praising. And everlasting rejoicing will be upon their heads. They will take hold of gladness and rejoicing. Anguish and mourning will flee away.
11 Cierto, tornarán los redimidos de Jehová, volverán á Sión cantando, y gozo perpetuo será sobre sus cabezas: poseerán gozo y alegría, y el dolor y el gemido huirán.
12 It is I, I myself, who will console you. Who are you that you would be afraid of a mortal man, and of a son of man, who will wither like the grass?
12 Yo, yo soy vuestro consolador. ¿Quién eres tú para que tengas temor del hombre, que es mortal, del hijo del hombre, que por heno será contado?
13 And have you forgotten the Lord, your Maker, who extended the heavens, and who founded the earth? And have you been in constant dread, all day long, at the face of his fury, of the one who afflicted you and who had prepared to destroy you? Where is the fury of the oppressor now?
13 Y haste ya olvidado de Jehová tu Hacedor, que extendió los cielos y fundó la tierra; y todo el día temiste continuamente del furor del que aflige, cuando se disponía para destruir: mas ¿en dónde está el furor del que aflige?
14 Advancing quickly, he will arrive to be revealed, and he will not kill unto utter destruction, nor will his bread fail.
14 El preso se da prisa para ser suelto, por no morir en la mazmorra, ni que le falte su pan.
15 But I am the Lord, your God, who stirs up the sea, and who makes the waves swell. The Lord of hosts is my name.
15 Empero yo Jehová, que parto la mar, y suenan sus ondas, soy tu Dios, cuyo nombre es Jehová de los ejércitos.
16 I have placed my words in your mouth, and I have protected you in the shadow of my hand, so that you might plant the heavens, and found the earth, and so that you might say to Zion, “You are my people.”
16 Y en tu boca he puesto mis palabras, y con la sombra de mi mano te cubrí, para que plantase los cielos y fundase la tierra, y que dijese á Sión: Pueblo mío eres tú.
17 Lift up, Lift up! Arise, O Jerusalem! You drank, from the hand of the Lord, the cup of his wrath. You drank, even to the bottom of the cup of deep sleep. And you were given to drink, all the way to the dregs.
17 Despierta, despierta, levántate, oh Jerusalem, que bebiste de la mano de Jehová el cáliz de su furor; las heces del cáliz de aturdimiento bebiste, y chupaste.
18 There is no one who can uphold her, out of all the sons whom she has conceived. And there is no one who would take her by the hand, out of all the sons whom she has raised.
18 De todos los hijos que parió, no hay quien la gobierne; ni quien la tome por su mano de todos los hijos que crió.
19 There are two things which have happened to you. Who will be saddened over you? There is devastation and destruction, and famine and sword. Who will console you?
19 Estas dos cosas te han acaecido; ¿quién se dolerá de ti? asolamiento y quebrantamiento, hambre y espada. ¿Quién te consolará?
20 Your sons have been cast out. They have slept at the head of all the roads, and they have been ensnared like a gazelle. They have been filled by the indignation of the Lord, by the rebuke of your God.
20 Tus hijos desmayaron, estuvieron tendidos en las encrucijadas de todos los caminos, como buey montaraz en la red, llenos del furor de Jehová, de la ira del Dios tuyo.
21 Therefore, listen to this, O poor little ones, and you who have been inebriated, but not by wine.
21 Oye pues ahora esto, miserable, ebria, y no de vino:
22 Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord, and your God, who will fight on behalf of his people: Behold, I have taken the cup of deep sleep from your hand. You shall no longer drink from the bottom of the cup of my indignation.
22 Así dijo tu Señor Jehová, y tu Dios, el cual pleitea por su pueblo: He aquí he quitado de tu mano el cáliz de aturdimiento, la hez del cáliz de mi furor; nunca más lo beberás:
23 And I will set it in the hand of those who have humiliated you, and who have said to your soul: “Bow down, so that we pass over.” And you placed your body on the ground, as a path for them to pass over.
23 Y ponerlo he en mano de tus angustiadores, que dijeron á tu alma: Encórvate, y pasaremos. Y tú pusiste tu cuerpo como tierra, y como camino, á los que pasan.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 51:7; Psalm 94:15; Psalm 105:3–4; Hebrews 12:14; Romans 9:30–32
- 2 Ezekiel 33:24; Romans 4:1–5; Galatians 3:9–14; Hebrews 11:8–12; Genesis 24:1
- 3 Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 52:9; Joel 2:3; Genesis 13:10; Jeremiah 31:25
- 4 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Corinthians 9:21; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 42:6
- 5 Romans 10:17–18; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 42:4; Romans 10:6–10
- 6 Matthew 24:35; Psalm 102:25–26; Hebrews 1:10–12; Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:12–14
- 7 Matthew 5:11; Ezekiel 2:6; Psalm 37:31; 1 Peter 4:14; Acts 5:41
- 8 Isaiah 51:6; Isaiah 50:9; Isaiah 66:24; Hosea 5:12; Luke 1:50
- 9 Psalm 74:13–14; Isaiah 52:1; Psalm 89:10; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 30:7
- 10 Isaiah 43:16; Isaiah 63:11–12; Isaiah 50:2; Exodus 15:13; Exodus 14:21–22
- 11 Isaiah 25:8; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 7:17; Isaiah 35:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:16
- 12 Psalm 118:6; Isaiah 2:22; 1 Peter 1:24; John 14:26–27; John 14:18
- 13 Isaiah 40:22; Isaiah 45:12; Isaiah 17:10; Psalm 104:2; Daniel 3:19
- 14 Isaiah 48:20; Zechariah 9:11; Isaiah 52:2; Acts 12:7–8; Isaiah 49:10
- 15 Jeremiah 31:35; Isaiah 54:5; Amos 9:5–6; Psalm 74:13; Isaiah 47:4
- 16 Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 49:2; John 17:8; Deuteronomy 18:18; Jeremiah 31:33
- 17 Isaiah 52:1; Revelation 14:10; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Isaiah 51:9; Psalm 60:3
- 18 Isaiah 49:21; Psalm 88:18; Isaiah 45:1; Psalm 142:4; Matthew 15:14
- 19 Isaiah 47:9; Amos 7:2; Isaiah 22:4; Lamentations 1:9; Job 2:11
- 20 Revelation 16:9–11; Lamentations 2:11–12; Lamentations 1:15; Isaiah 51:17; Lamentations 5:13
- 21 Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 29:9; Isaiah 54:11
- 22 Proverbs 22:23; Isaiah 62:8; Isaiah 51:17; Jeremiah 50:34; Isaiah 49:25
- 23 Joshua 10:24; Zechariah 12:2; Revelation 17:18; Revelation 13:16–17; Proverbs 21:18
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
This accordingly the prophet also was intimating, when he said, "Look unto the hard rock, whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit, whence ye are digged: look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you." Now of this prophecy, you see, he reminds them, showing that if at the beginning he made him a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And they say, Look into the solid rock which ye have hewn.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Moreover we took note of the spot, when we quoted the words, Look unto the rock, which ye have hewn.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)