Isaiah 51:16 “I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of…”

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.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I haue put my wordes in thy mouth, and haue defended thee in the shadowe of mine hand, that I may plant the heauens, and lay the foundation of the earth, and say vnto Zion, Thou art my people.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And I put My words in thy mouth, And with the shadow of My hand have covered thee, To plant the heavens, and to found earth, And to say to Zion, 'My people [art] thou.'

Bible in Basic English

And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

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Cross references

“I have put”

Isaiah 59:21 John 17:8 Deuteronomy 18:18 Isaiah 50:4 John 8:38–40 John 3:34

Isaiah 59:21 · BSB

“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 mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchil…

John 17:8 · BSB

For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

Deuteronomy 18:18 · BSB

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

Isaiah 50:4 · BSB

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

John 8:38–40 · BSB

I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

John 3:34 · BSB

For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

“I have covered”

Isaiah 49:2 Deuteronomy 33:27

Isaiah 49:2 · BSB

He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

Deuteronomy 33:27 · BSB

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

“plant”

Isaiah 66:22 Isaiah 65:17 2 Peter 3:13 Psalm 92:13 Isaiah 45:18 Isaiah 60:21

Isaiah 66:22 · BSB

“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.

Isaiah 65:17 · BSB

For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

2 Peter 3:13 · BSB

But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

Psalm 92:13 · BSB

Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

Isaiah 45:18 · BSB

For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.

Isaiah 60:21 · BSB

Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

“and lay”

Isaiah 48:13 Isaiah 49:8 Psalm 75:3

Isaiah 48:13 · BSB

Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.

Isaiah 49:8 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its des…

Psalm 75:3 · BSB

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

“Thou art”

Jeremiah 31:33 Zechariah 13:9 Hebrews 8:10 Jeremiah 32:38 Zechariah 8:8 Isaiah 60:14

Jeremiah 31:33 · BSB

“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 I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Zechariah 13:9 · BSB

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our G…

Hebrews 8:10 · BSB

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 I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 32:38 · BSB

They will be My people, and I will be their God.

Zechariah 8:8 · BSB

I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

Isaiah 60:14 · BSB

The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Also

Exodus 33:22

Exodus 33:22 · BSB

and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.

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