Isaiah 51:13
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
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Study Note
The rebuke 'thou forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor' diagnoses Israel's fundamental problem in exile: theodicy-amnesia. The fear of the Babylonian oppressor has displaced the memory of the Creator-God, producing a paralysing anxiety that the chapter progressively dismantles with recollections of divine creative power and historical acts of salvation. The rhetorical question 'where is the fury of the oppressor?' (v. 13b) implies that the feared enemy is himself mortal and temporary — a perspective only recoverable by remembering who made the heavens and earth. Paul echoes this logic in Romans 8:31-39 ('if God be for us, who can be against us?'), using the Isaianic contrast between divine permanence and creaturely transience to produce eschatological confidence.
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and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
And thou dost forget Jehovah thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where <FI>is<Fi> the fury of the oppressor?
And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?