Isaiah 51:1

Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD; look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:2and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while ye are with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Psalms 24:6Such is the generation of them that seek after Him, that seek Thy face, even Jacob. Selah

Psalms 105:3Glory ye in His holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

Proverbs 21:21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, prosperity, and honour.

Isaiah 46:3Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that are borne by Me from the birth, that are carried from the womb:

Isaiah 48:12Hearken unto Me, O Jacob, and Israel My called: I am He; I am the first, I also 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 →

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