Isaiah 51:1
Listen to me, you who follow what is just and who seek the Lord. Pay attention to the rock from which you have been hewn, and to the walls of the pit from which you have been dug.
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2 Chronicles 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and he said to him: “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
Psalms 24:6O Lord, remember your compassion and your mercies, which are from ages past.
Psalms 105:3Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.
Proverbs 21:21Whoever follows justice and mercy shall discover life, justice, and glory.
Isaiah 46:3Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are carried in my bosom, who were born from my womb.
Isaiah 48:12Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, 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 →