Isaiah 51:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

Put

O arm

As in

Judges 6:13

Nehemiah 9:7

Psalm 44:1

Art thou

Job 26:12

The dragon

Revelation 12:9

General references

Hebrews 11:29

Bible References

Put

Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.

You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

The LORD reigns. He is clothed with majesty. The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can't be moved.

saying: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.

O arm

My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.

LORD, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.

The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, "Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored:

He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

As in

Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, 'Didn't the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."

You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name of Abraham,

We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

Art thou

He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

The dragon

In that day, the LORD with his fierce and great and mighty sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'

You went forth for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.

The great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

General references

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad.

With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving kindness endures forever:

"As in the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things."

By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.