Holy Scripture

Isaiah 51:9

A church father on this verse
“According to the Hebrew, it is not Jerusalem but the arm of the Lord that has to put on strength. This relates to what we spoke about above [v. 5], about the nations hoping in "my arm." For we have said that the divinity of the Word is signified here, since he urges the people not to fear the rebuke of human beings or…”
Eusebius of Caesarea, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 2:39

Source: Septuagint

Original

9Awake, awake, O Jerusalem, and put on the strength of thine arm; awake as in the early time, as the ancient generation.

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In context

7Hear me, ye that know judgment, the people in whose heart is my law: fear not the reproach of men, and be not overcome by their contempt.

8For as a garment will be devoured by time, and as wool will be devoured by a moth, so shall they be consumed; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation for all generations.

— Isaiah 51:9 —

10Art thou not it that dried the sea, the water, even the abundance of the deep; that made the depths of the sea a way of passage for the delivered and redeemed?

11for by the help of the Lord they shall return, and come to Zion with joy and everlasting exultation, for praise and joy shall come upon their head: pain, and grief, and groaning, have fled away.

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