Isaiah 51:16 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 51:16

I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

And He says that He has placed His words in his mouth. For whatever the Son speaks, the words are of the Father, and He will protect him in the shadow of His hand. And for this reason he will be protected so that he may plant new heavens and pour out a new earth, and say to Zion, that is, to the Church: You are my people.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And I have put my words in thy mouth,.... His promises and his truths, either in the mouth of his church, and people for them, both to preserve and transmit to future generations, and to publish and declare to the comfort of each other, Isa 59:21 or to the Prophet Isaiah, to make known to the people of Israel; or to Christ himself, the great Prophet in Israel, by whom grace and truth are come, and by whom God has spoken all his mind and will, and in whom all the promises are yea and amen.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

For God's word is frequently said to be put into the mouths, not only of the prophets, but of the people also. Covered - Have protected thee by my almighty power, that I may bring thee to that perfect and blessed estate which is reserved for the days of the Messiah, which in scripture phrase is called a making of new heavens, and a new earth, chap. lxv, 17.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That I may plant the heavens “To stretch out the heavens” - In the present text it is לנתע lintoa, “to plant the heavens:” the phrase is certainly very obscure, and in all probability is a mistake for לנטות lintoth. This latter is the word used in Isa 51:13 just before, in the very same sentence; and this phrase occurs very frequently in Isaiah, Isa 40:22, Isa 42:5, Isa 44:24, Isa 45:12; the former in no other place.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאָשִׂ֤ים	va.'a.Sim	and I have put	H7760 →
דְּבָרַי֙	de.va.Rai	words my	H1697 →
בְּפִ֔יךָ	be.Fi.kha	in mouth your	H6310 →
וּבְצֵ֥ל	u.ve.Tzel	and with [the] shadow of	H6738 →
יָדִ֖י	ya.Di	hand my	H3027 →
כִּסִּיתִ֑יךָ	ki.si.Ti.kha	I have covered you	H3680 →
לִנְטֹ֤עַ	lin.To.a'	to plant	H5193 →
שָׁמַ֙יִם֙	sha.Ma.yim	[the] heavens	H8064 →
וְלִיסֹ֣ד	ve.li.Sod	and to found	H3245 →
אָ֔רֶץ	'A.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
וְלֵאמֹ֥ר	ve.le.Mor	and to say	H559 →
לְצִיּ֖וֹן	le.tzi.Yon	to Zion	H6726 →
עַמִּי־	'a.mi-	[are] people my	H5971 →
אָֽתָּה׃ ס	'A.tah	you	H859 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 59:21
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your…
leads to
- Hebrews 10:16
  “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 31:31–34
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Jeremiah 32:38–41
  They will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Hebrews 8:6–13
  Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
Through
Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 3:3
  It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on…
- Hebrews 8:10
  For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
- Ezekiel 11:19–20
  And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,

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Where the connections lead

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About Isaiah