Isaiah 51:1

Hearken vnto me ye that holde of ryghteousnesse, and ye that seeke the Lorde: take heede to ye stone wherout ye are hewen, and to the graue wherout ye are digged.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

In Context

2Consider Abraham your father, and Sara that bare you, how that I called hym alone, and blessed hym, and encreased hym.

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Cross References

Proverbs 21:21Who so foloweth righteousnesse and mercy, findeth both life, righteousnesse, and honour.

Isaiah 46:3Hearken vnto me O house Iacob, and all ye that remaine yet of the house of Israel, whom I haue borne from your mothers wombe, and brought you vp from your byrth.

Isaiah 48:12Hearken vnto me O Iacob, and Israel whom I haue called: I am euen he that is, I am the first and 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 →

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