Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraam your father, and to Sarrha that bore you: for he was alone when I called him, and blessed him, and loved him, and multiplied him.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

1Listen to me, you⌃ that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which you⌃ have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which you⌃ have dug.

3And now I will comfort you, O Sion: and I have comforted all her desert places; and I will make her desert places as a garden, and her + 51:3 Heb. שוב ambiguous. western places as the garden of the Lord; they shall find in her gladness and exultation, thanksgiving and the voice of praise.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:1And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of your land and out of your kindred, and out of the house of your father, and come into the land which I will show you.

Genesis 13:14And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with your eyes, and behold from the place where you now are northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;

Genesis 15:4And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come out of you shall be your heir.

Genesis 22:17And + 22:17 Acts 3:25 in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have listened to my voice.

Genesis 24:35and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold, servants and servant-maids, camels, and asses.

Joshua 24:3And I took your father Abraam from the other side of the river, and I guided him + 24:3 Gr. in. through all the land, and I multiplied his seed;

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 →

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