Verse 16

Isaiah 51:16

New King James Version

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16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וָ/אָשִׂ֤ים דְּבָרַ/י֙ בְּ/פִ֔י/ךָ וּ/בְ/צֵ֥ל יָדִ֖/י כִּסִּיתִ֑י/ךָ לִ/נְטֹ֤עַ שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ וְ/לִ/יסֹ֣ד אָ֔רֶץ וְ/לֵ/אמֹ֥ר לְ/צִיּ֖וֹן עַמִּ/י אָֽתָּה

English Translation

I will put my words in your mouth and I have covered you with the shadow of my hand to plant the heavens and to lay the foundation of the earth and to say to Zion, "You are my people."

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Chapter 51 Context

1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence... Focus ↗

2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him... Focus ↗

3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderne... Focus ↗

4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and... Focus ↗

5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isle... Focus ↗

6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away... Focus ↗

7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the re... Focus ↗

8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteo... Focus ↗

9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations... Focus ↗

10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of... Focus ↗

11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting jo... Focus ↗

12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that sha... Focus ↗

13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations o... Focus ↗

14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that h... Focus ↗

15 But I am the LORD thy God (Elohim), that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is h... Focus ↗

16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may...

17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; t... Focus ↗

18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any tha... Focus ↗

19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and t... Focus ↗

20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are fu... Focus ↗

21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: Focus ↗

22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God (Elohim) that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I... Focus ↗

23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, th... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Isaiah
Chapter: Chapter 51 (23 verses)
Version: New King James Version

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