Isaiah 51:9
King James VersionSource notes
“Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. thou not it that hath cut Rahab, wounded the dragon?”
Context
6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. thou not it that hath cut Rahab, wounded the dragon?
10thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
11Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
12I, I, he that comforteth you: who thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man shall die, and of the son of man shall be made as grass;