Isaiah 51:1

שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי רֹדְפֵי צֶדֶק מְבַקְשֵׁי יְהוָה הַבִּיטוּ אֶל ־ צוּר חֻצַּבְתֶּם וְאֶל ־ מַקֶּבֶת בּוֹר נֻקַּרְתֶּֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2הַבִּיטוּ אֶל ־ אַבְרָהָם אֲבִיכֶם וְאֶל ־ שָׂרָה תְּחוֹלֶלְכֶם כִּי ־ אֶחָד קְרָאתִיו וַאֲבָרְכֵהוּ וְאַרְבֵּֽהוּ ׃ ס

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:2וַיֵּצֵא לִפְנֵי אָסָא וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ שְׁמָעוּנִי אָסָא וְכָל ־ יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם עִמּוֹ וְאִֽם ־ תִּדְרְשֻׁהוּ יִמָּצֵא לָכֶם וְאִם ־ תַּעַזְבֻהוּ יַעֲזֹב אֶתְכֶֽם ׃ ס

Psalms 24:6זֶה דּוֹר דרשו מְבַקְשֵׁי פָנֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב סֶֽלָה ׃

Psalms 105:3הִֽתְהַלְלוּ בְּשֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ יִשְׂמַח לֵב ׀ מְבַקְשֵׁי יְהוָֽה ׃

Proverbs 21:21רֹדֵף צְדָקָה וָחָסֶד יִמְצָא חַיִּים צְדָקָה וְכָבֽוֹד ׃

Isaiah 46:3שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי בֵּית יַעֲקֹב וְכָל ־ שְׁאֵרִית בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הַֽעֲמֻסִים מִנִּי ־ בֶטֶן הַנְּשֻׂאִים מִנִּי ־ רָֽחַם ׃

Isaiah 48:12שְׁמַע אֵלַי יַֽעֲקֹב וְיִשְׂרָאֵל מְקֹרָאִי אֲנִי ־ הוּא אֲנִי רִאשׁוֹן אַף אֲנִי אַחֲרֽוֹן ׃

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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