Isaiah 51:1

Heare me, ye that follow after righteousnes, and ye that seeke the Lord: looke vnto the rocke, whence ye are hewen, and to the hole of the pit, whence ye are digged.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

2Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:2And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him, O Asa, and all Iudah, and Beniamin, heare ye me. The Lord is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seeke him, he wil be founde of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

Psalms 24:6This is the generation of them that seeke him, of them that seeke thy face, this is Iaakob. Selah.

Psalms 105:3Reioyce in his holy Name: let the heart of them that seeke the Lord, reioyce.

Proverbs 21:21He that followeth after righteousnes and mercy, shall finde life, righteousnes, and glory.

Isaiah 46:3Heare ye me, O house of Iaakob, and all that remaine of the house of Israel, which are borne of me from the wombe, and brought vp of me from the birth.

Isaiah 48:12Heare me, O Iaakob and Israel, my called, I am, I am the first, and I am the last.

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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