Isaiah 51:1

Pay heed to Me, ye that pursue tzedek, 1 ye that seek Hashem; 1 look unto the Tzur from where ye are cut, 1 and to the quarry from where ye were hewn. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Avraham Avichem, 1 and unto Sarah that gave birth to you; 1 for I called him as one alone, 1 and put a brocha on him, and made him many. 1

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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 kol Yehudah and Binyamin. Hashem is with you, while ye be with Him; if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Psalms 24:6This is the generation of them that seek Him, 1 that seek Thy face, O Ya'akov. 1 Selah 1

Psalms 105:3Glory ye in the Shem Kadosh of Him; 1 let the lev of them that seek Hashem be glad. 1

Proverbs 21:21He that pursueth tzedakah and chesed 1 findeth chayyim, tzedakah, and kavod. 1

Isaiah 46:3Pay heed unto Me, O Bais Ya'akov, 1 and kol She'erit Bais Yisroel, 1 who are borne by Me from birth, 1 who are carried from the rechem (womb); 1

Isaiah 48:12Pay heed unto Me, 1 O Ya'akov and Yisroel, My called; 1 I am He; I am Rishon, 1 I also am Acharon. 1

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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