Isaiah 51:2

Look 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

In Context

1Pay 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

3For Hashem shall comfort Tziyon; 1 He will comfort all her ruins; 1 and He will make her midbar like Eden, 1 and her ruins like the Gan (Garden) of Hashem; 1 sasson and simchah shall be found therein, 1 todah, and the kol zimrah (the sound of singing). 1

Read all of Isaiah 51

Cross References

Genesis 12:1Now Hashem had said unto Avram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from the bais avicha, unto ha'aretz that I will show thee;

Genesis 13:14And Hashem said unto Avram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the makom where thou art northward, and southward and eastward, and westward:

Genesis 15:4And, hinei, the Devar Hashem came unto him saying, This shall not be thy yoresh; but he that shall come forth out of thine own body shall be thy yoresh.

Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy zera as the stars of the skies, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy zera shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Genesis 24:35And Hashem hath blessed adoni me'od; and he is become prospered: and He hath given him tzon, and bakar, and kesef, and zahav, and avadim, and shefachot, and gemalim, and chamorim.

Joshua 24:3But I took Avichem Avraham from the other side of the + 24:3 Euphrates River, and led him through Kol Eretz Kena'an, and multiplied his zera, and gave him Yitzchak.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:2-4

Encouragement to the Disconsolate. ( b. c. 706.) 1 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. 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. 3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy and gladness… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 51:2