Isaiah 51:4

“Be attentive to me, my people; and listen to me, my people! 1 For I will issue a decree, and I will make my justice to be a light for the nations. 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Yes, Yahweh will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; 1 her wilderness he made like Eden, and her desert plains beside the Jordan River valley like the garden of Yahweh; 1 joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving, and the sound of singing. 1

5My righteousness is near; my salvation will go out, and my arm will judge the nations; 1 the coastlands will wait for me; for my arm they will eagerly wait. 1

Read all of Isaiah 51

Cross References

Exodus 19:6You will be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation for me. These are the words that you must speak to the people of Israel.”

Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, 1 the people whom he has chosen as his own inheritance. 1

Psalms 78:1Hear my teaching, my people, 1 listen to the words of my mouth. 1

Psalms 147:20He has not done so with any other nation, 1 and as for his decrees, they do not know them. 1 Praise Yahweh.

Isaiah 2:3Many peoples will come and say, 1 “Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob, 1 so he may teach us some of his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” 1 For out of Zion will go the law, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem. 1

Isaiah 42:1Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in him I take delight. 1 I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring justice to the nations. 1

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 51:4