Isaiah 51:1
“Listen to Me, you pursuing righteousness, || Seeking YHWH, || Look attentively to the rock—you have been hewn, || And to the hole of the pit—you have been dug.
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2 Chronicles 15:2and he goes out before Asa and says to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH [is] with you—in your being with Him, and if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He forsakes you;
Psalms 24:6This [is] a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Your face, O Jacob! Selah.
Psalms 105:3Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, || The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.
Proverbs 21:21Whoever is pursuing righteousness and kindness, || Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, || And all the remnant of Israel, || Who are borne from the belly, || Who are carried from the womb,
Isaiah 48:12Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, || I [am] He, || I [am] first, and I [am] 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 →