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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 will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody. (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 mercies and God of all comfort, (2 Cor. 1:3)

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Ministry on This Verse

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I, am he.
Isa. 51:3• 3For Jehovah will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah: joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody. (Isa. 51:3)
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Isa. 43:25• 25I, 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, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [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 forever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit should 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 frowardly in the way of his heart.
 18I have seen his ways and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts to 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 unto you.
 26but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things which I said to you.
 27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you, not as the world giveth give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:18,26‑27)
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Acts 9:31• 31The assembly then, throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied. (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 mercies and God of all comfort,
 4that comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those that are in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God,
 5because as the sufferings of the b Christ abound toward us, even so through the Christ aboundeth also our comfort. (2 Cor. 1:3‑5)
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2 Cor. 7:5‑6• 5For also when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but [we were] afflicted in every way; without fightings, within fears.
 6But he that encourageth the lowly, 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 ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at 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 forever, and my salvation unto all generations. (Isa. 51:7‑8)
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Isa. 2:22• 22Cease ye from man , whose breath is in his nostrils, for wherein is he to be accounted of? (Isa. 2:22)
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Psa. 118:6• 6Jehovah [is] for me:{HR}I will not fear;{HR}What can man do unto me? (Psa. 118:6)
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Psa. 146:4• 4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth:{HR}In that very day his purposes perish. (Psa. 146:4)
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Prov. 29:26• 26{i}Many seek the ruler's face;{HR}But a man's right judgment is from Jehovah.{/i} (Prov. 29:26)
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Dan. 3:16‑18• 16{i}Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king{/i}, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful 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. He will deliver us out of thine 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 which thou hast set up. (Dan. 3:16‑18)
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Matt. 10:28• 28{i}And 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.{/i} (Matt. 10:28)
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Luke 12:4‑5• 4{i}But{/i} I say unto you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body, and after this have no more that they can do.
 5{i}But{/i} I will show you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto 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 goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field. (Isa. 40:6)
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Psa. 90:5‑6• 5Thou sweepest them away— asleep are they;{HR}In the morning as grass changeth;
 6In the morning it flourisheth and changeth;{HR}At the evening it is mown and withereth. (Psa. 90:5‑6)
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Psa. 92:7• 7When wicked [men] spring up as grass{HR}And all the workers of iniquity flourish,{HR}[It is] for them to be destroyed forever. (Psa. 92:7)
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Psa. 103:15‑16• 15Man! his days [are] like grass;{HR}As a flower of the field, so doth he flourish.
 16For a breath passeth over him, and he is not,{HR}And the place thereof shall know him no more. (Psa. 103:15‑16)
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James 1:10‑11• 10and the rich in his humiliation, because as flower of grass, he will pass away.
 11For the sun arose with its scorching, and withered the grass, and its flower fell away, and the comeliness of its look perished: thus also will the rich one fade 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 a flower of grass. The grass withered and the flower fell away, (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."

W. Kelly Translation

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I, I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou art afraid of weak man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [that] shall be made [as] grass;