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Isaiah 51

Isa. 51:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If, even I, am he that comforteth
nacham (Hebrew #5162)
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
of a man
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
that shall die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
, and of the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
which shall be made
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
as grass
chatsiyr (Hebrew #2682)
grass; also a leek (collectively)
KJV usage: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Pronounce: khaw-tseer'
Origin: perhaps originally the same as 2681, from the greenness of a courtyard
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Isa. 51:3• 3For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song. (Isa. 51:3)
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2 Cor. 1:3• 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement; (2 Cor. 1:3)

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I, am he.
Isa. 51:3• 3For Jehovah shall comfort Zion, he shall comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: gladness and joy shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of song. (Isa. 51:3)
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Isa. 43:25• 25--I, I am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and I will not remember thy sins. (Isa. 43:25)
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Isa. 57:15‑18• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
 16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
 17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.
 18I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn. (Isa. 57:15‑18)
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Isa. 66:13• 13As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. (Isa. 66:13)
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John 14:18,26‑27• 18I will not leave you orphans, I am coming to you.
 26but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, *he* shall teach you all things, and will bring to your remembrance all the things which I have said to you.
 27I leave peace with you; I give *my* peace to you: not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it fear. (John 14:18,26‑27)
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Acts 9:31• 31The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 9:31)
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2 Cor. 1:3‑5• 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassions, and God of all encouragement;
 4who encourages us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to encourage those who are in any tribulation whatever, through the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged of God.
 5Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ abound towards us, so through the Christ does our encouragement also abound. (2 Cor. 1:3‑5)
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2 Cor. 7:5‑6• 5For indeed, when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way; without combats, within fears.
 6But he who encourages those that are brought low, even God, encouraged us by the coming of Titus; (2 Cor. 7:5‑6)
that thou.
Isa. 51:7‑8• 7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their revilings.
 8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. (Isa. 51:7‑8)
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Isa. 2:22• 22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him? (Isa. 2:22)
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Psa. 118:6• 6Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me? (Psa. 118:6)
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Psa. 146:4• 4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish. (Psa. 146:4)
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Prov. 29:26• 26Many seek the ruler's face; but a man's right judgment is from Jehovah. (Prov. 29:26)
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Dan. 3:16‑18• 16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
 17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
 18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up. (Dan. 3:16‑18)
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Matt. 10:28• 28And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matt. 10:28)
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Luke 12:4‑5• 4But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.
 5But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*. (Luke 12:4‑5)
man which.
Isa. 40:6• 6A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry?--All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field. (Isa. 40:6)
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Psa. 90:5‑6• 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass that groweth up:
 6In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth. (Psa. 90:5‑6)
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Psa. 92:7• 7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever. (Psa. 92:7)
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Psa. 103:15‑16• 15As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:
 16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more. (Psa. 103:15‑16)
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James 1:10‑11• 10and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away.
 11For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings. (James 1:10‑11)
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1 Peter 1:24• 24Because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass has withered and its flower has fallen; (1 Peter 1:24)
• Their tendency was, as our tendency today is, to have their eyes on man, and fear as all his evil tendencies and activities are observed. (“Isaiah 51” by F.B. Hole)
• {v.12-13} Men die and the One who comforts His people is the Maker of heavens and earth. When God acts, where will the fury of the oppressor be? These striking verses are intended to put heart into the saints of God in all ages. (“Isaiah 51” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a manh that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass;

JND Translation Notes

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Enosh, as in ver. 7. This is one of the passages in which its force, as "mortal man," is very clear. "Son of man" in this verse is "son of Adam."