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Isaiah 51

Isa. 51:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
u to me, ye that followv after
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
, ye that seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: look
nabat (Hebrew #5027)
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
KJV usage: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Pronounce: naw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the rock
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
whence ye are hewn
chatsab (Hebrew #2672)
a primitive root ; to cut or carve (wood), stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
KJV usage: cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
Pronounce: khaw-tsab'
Origin: or chatseb {khaw-tsabe'}
, and to the hole
maqqebeth (Hebrew #4718)
properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry
KJV usage: hammer, hole.
Pronounce: mak-keh'-beth
Origin: from 5344
of the pit
bowr (Hebrew #953)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
KJV usage: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Pronounce: bore
Origin: from 952 (in the sense of 877)
whence ye are digged
naqar (Hebrew #5365)
to bore (penetrate, quarry)
KJV usage: dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out.
Pronounce: naw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 51:7• 7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. (Isa. 51:7)
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Rom. 9:30‑31• 30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
 31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. (Rom. 9:30‑31)

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Pit,
Righteousness,
Rock

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  An exhortation, after the pattern of Abraham, to trust in Christ,
3:  by reason of his comfortable promises,
4-6:  of his righteous salvation,
7-8:  and man's mortality.
9-16:  Christ by his sanctified arm defends his from the fear of man.
17-20:  He bewails the afflictions of Jerusalem,
21-23:  and promises deliverance.
Hearken.
Isa. 51:4,7• 4Hearken 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.
 7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. (Isa. 51:4,7)
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Isa. 46:3‑4• 3Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
 4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. (Isa. 46:3‑4)
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Isa. 48:12• 12Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. (Isa. 48:12)
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Isa. 55:2‑3• 2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
 3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. (Isa. 55:2‑3)
ye that follow.
Isa. 51:7• 7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. (Isa. 51:7)
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Psa. 94:15• 15But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (Psa. 94:15)
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Prov. 15:9• 9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. (Prov. 15:9)
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Prov. 21:21• 21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor. (Prov. 21:21)
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Matt. 5:6• 6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. (Matt. 5:6)
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Matt. 6:33• 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matt. 6:33)
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Rom. 9:30‑32• 30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
 31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
 32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; (Rom. 9:30‑32)
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Rom. 14:19• 19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. (Rom. 14:19)
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Phil. 3:13• 13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, (Phil. 3:13)
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1 Tim. 6:11• 11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. (1 Tim. 6:11)
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2 Tim. 2:22• 22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2 Tim. 2:22)
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Heb. 12:14• 14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: (Heb. 12:14)
ye that seek.
Isa. 45:19• 19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. (Isa. 45:19)
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Isa. 55:6• 6Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: (Isa. 55:6)
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Psa. 24:6• 6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. (Psa. 24:6)
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Psa. 105:3‑4• 3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
 4Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore. (Psa. 105:3‑4)
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Amos 5:6• 6Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. (Amos 5:6)
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Zeph. 2:3• 3Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger. (Zeph. 2:3)
look.
Gen. 17:15‑17• 15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
 16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
 17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? (Gen. 17:15‑17)
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Eph. 2:11‑12• 11Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
 12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (Eph. 2:11‑12)
• The figure of a quarry is used to direct their thoughts to their origin as descended from Abraham, who had originally been called out, and in whom the promises had been deposited. When Isaiah wrote, the people had for centuries been under the law of Moses and they might easily assume that they would ultimately attain to blessing on a legal basis. But they will not. (“Isaiah 51” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.