Isaiah 51:1
Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
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2 Chronicles 15:2And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.
Psalms 24:6This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
Psalms 105:3Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
Proverbs 21:21He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
Isaiah 46:3Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:
Isaiah 48:12Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:1
This chapter is designed for the comfort and encouragement of those that fear God and keep his commandments, even when they walk in darkness and have no light. Whether it was intended primarily for the support of the captives in Babylon is not certain, probably it was; but comforts thus generally expressed ought not to be so confined. Whenever the church of God is in distress her friends and well-wishers may comfort themselves and one another with these words, I. That God, who raised his church at first out of… Read the whole commentary →