Isaiah 51:9

Translations

Modern

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

Traditional

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?

Literal

Awake, awake! Put on strength, O arm of YHWH! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of old! Was it not You cutting apart Rahab and piercing through the dragon?

Latin

Consurge, consurge, induere fortitudinem, brachium Domini! consurge sicut in diebus antiquis, in generationibus sæculorum. Numquid non tu percussisti superbum, vulnerasti draconem?

Original

Hebrew

English

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

Notes

Isaiah 51:9–10

Awake, awake: God does not sleep. This prayer asks God to act immediately to save his people (see Isaiah 52:1; see especially God’s military clothing in 59:17).
in generations of old: The exodus from Egypt was an act of redemption. It showed God’s power as he made a path of escape (Isaiah 51:10) for his people (see also 11:15).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Psalm 74:13–14
You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
Psalm 89:10
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
Isaiah 30:7
Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
Isaiah 51:17
Awake, 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.
Job 26:12
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
Psalm 44:1
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Psalm 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Isaiah 62:8
The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
Isaiah 59:16–17
He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

People

Rahab: A poetic name for Egypt, representing a mythical sea monster

Glossary

Church Dragon Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Rahab (Monster) Righteousness

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Consolation In Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Arm: Figurative Use of Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of Dragon: A Term Applied: To Pharaoh Dragons Jesus, the Christ: Names, Appellations, and Titles of: Arm of the Lord Protection: Saints: Pray For Rahab: A Symbolic Name Applied to Egypt The Dragon of Cruel and Persecuting Kings Titles and Names of Christ: Arm of the Lord

Isaiah 51:9

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