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Isaiah 51

Isa. 51:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hearken
qashab (Hebrew #7181)
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
KJV usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Pronounce: kaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, my people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
; and give ear
'azan (Hebrew #238)
probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from 241; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen
KJV usage: give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See 239.
Pronounce: aw-zan'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, O my nation
lom (Hebrew #3816)
from an unused root meaning to gather; a community
KJV usage: nation, people.
Pronounce: leh-ome'
Origin: or l owm {leh-ome'}
: for a law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
d shall proceed
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
from me, and I will make my judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
to rest
raga` (Hebrew #7280)
properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
KJV usage: break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.
Pronounce: raw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
for a light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
of the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
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Rom. 8:2• 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death. (Rom. 8:2)

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Ministry on This Verse

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O my.
Isa. 26:2• 2Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in. (Isa. 26:2)
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Ex. 19:6• 6and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:6)
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Ex. 33:13• 13And now, if indeed I have found grace in thine eyes, make me now to know thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thine eyes; and consider that this nation is thy people! (Ex. 33:13)
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Psa. 33:12• 12Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance! (Psa. 33:12)
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Psa. 106:5• 5That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. (Psa. 106:5)
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Psa. 147:20• 20He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah! (Psa. 147:20)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But *ye* are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light; (1 Peter 2:9)
a law.
Isa. 2:3• 3And many peoples shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem. (Isa. 2:3)
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Mic. 4:2• 2And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and 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 shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:2)
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Rom. 8:2‑4• 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.
 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh,
 4in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit. (Rom. 8:2‑4)
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1 Cor. 9:21• 21to those without law, as without law, (not as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain those without law. (1 Cor. 9:21)
I will make.
Isa. 42:1‑4,6• 1Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect in whom my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.
 2He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
 3A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment according to truth.
 4He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
 6I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will take hold of thy hand; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations, (Isa. 42:1‑4,6)
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Isa. 49:6• 6--and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. (Isa. 49:6)
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Prov. 6:23• 23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: (Prov. 6:23)
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Matt. 12:18‑20• 18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.
 19He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets;
 20a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory; (Matt. 12:18‑20)
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Luke 2:32• 32a light for revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel. (Luke 2:32)
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John 16:8‑11• 8And having come, he will bring demonstration to the world, of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
 9of sin, because they do not believe on me;
 10of righteousness, because I go away to my Father, and ye behold me no longer;
 11of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. (John 16:8‑11)
• Verses 4 and 5 show what will come to pass when the movement proceeds from God and they are obedient to His law. (“Isaiah 51” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Listen unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, my nationb: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will establishc my judgment for a light of the peoples.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Leummim, but here singular. see Gen. 25.23.
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Or "make to rest."