Isaiah 51:7

Pay heed unto Me, ye that know tzedek, 1 Am torati velibam (the People with My torah in their heart); 1 fear ye not the cherpat enosh (the reproach, reviling of man) 1 neither be ye afraid of their giddufot (insults, scorn). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

In Context

6Lift up your eyes to Shomayim, 1 and look upon ha'aretz beneath; 1 for Shomayim shall vanish like ashan (smoke), 1 and ha'aretz shall wear out like a beged, 1 and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; 1 but My Yeshu'ah (Salvation) shall be l'olam, 1 and My tzedakah shall not be dismayed. 1

8For the ahsh (moth) shall eat them up like a beged, 1 and the worm shall eat them like wool; 1 but My tzedakah shall be l'olam, 1 and My Yeshu'ah (Salvation) l'odor dorim (from generation to generation). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:6And these devarim, which I command thee today, shall be in thine lev;

Psalms 40:8Then said I, Hinei, I come; 1 in the megillat sefer it is written of me, + 40:8 cf MJ 10:5-7 1

Isaiah 51:1Pay 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

Jeremiah 31:33And they shall teach no more every ish his re'a (neighbor), and every ish his brother, saying, Know Hashem; for they shall all have da'as of Me, from the katon of them unto the gadol of them, saith Hashem; for I will forgive their avon, and I will remember their chattat no more. 1

Matthew 5:11Ashrey are you when they reproach you and persecute you and speak all kinds of lashon horah against you, speaking sheker (falsehood, lies) because of me. + 5:11 Moshiach

Luke 6:22Ashrey are you when Bnei Adam have sinas chinom (baseless hatred) for you and when they ostracize you and they reproach you and cast out your name as rah (evil) on account of the Bar Enosh. + 6:22 Moshiach, Dan 7:13-14

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:5-9

Encouragement to the Disconsolate. ( b. c. 706.) 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a… Read the whole commentary →

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