Isaiah 51:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

And forgettest the Lord thy Maker; and dost not consider the infinite power of that God who made thee, and who will plead thy cause. As if he were ready to destroy; as if it were in his power to destroy thee in a moment. Where is the fury of the oppressor? what is become of the power and rage of the Babylonians? Is it not all gone? Are not they broken, and thou delivered? He speaks of the thing as if it were already done, because it should certainly and suddenly be done. Where is it? It is no where, it is quite lost and gone, as this phrase is frequently used, as Psalms 42:3 Malachi 1:5 1 Corinthians 15:55.

Isaiah 51:13

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?