Isaiah 51:4

"Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

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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

3For the Lord has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

5My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:6and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

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

Psalms 78:1A contemplation by Asaph.Hear my teaching, my people.Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

Psalms 147:20He has not done this for just any nation.They do not know his ordinances.Praise Yah!

Isaiah 2:3Many peoples shall go and say,"Come, let's go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob;and he will teach us of his ways,and we will walk in his paths."For out of Zion the law shall go forth,and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 42:1"Behold, my servant, whom I uphold;my chosen, in whom my soul delights-I have put my Spirit on him.He will bring justice to the nations.

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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