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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 hath freed me from the law of sin and 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• 13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know Thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thine. (Ex. 33:13)
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Psa. 33:12• 12Happy [is] the nation whose God is Jehovah,{HR}The people he hath chosen to himself for an inheritance. (Psa. 33:12)
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Psa. 106:5• 5To look on (in) the good of thy chosen ones,{HR}To rejoice in the joy of thy nation,{HR}To glory with thine inheritance. (Psa. 106:5)
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Psa. 147:20• 20He dealt not thus with any nation;{HR}And [his] judgments, they knew them not.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 147:20)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)
a law.
Isa. 2:3• 3And many peoples will 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 come, 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 the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:2)
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Rom. 8:2‑4• 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath freed me from the law of sin and 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, condemned sin in the flesh,
 4that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us that walk not 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 being without law to God, but under law to Christ, 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 have 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 crushed reed shall he not break, and dim flax shall he not quench; he shall bring forth judgment in truth.
 4He shall not faint nor be crushed till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
 6I Jehovah have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles, (Isa. 42:1‑4,6)
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Isa. 49:6• 6And 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 will also give thee for a light to 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,{HR}And the law a light,{HR}And reproofs of instruction 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 show forth judgment to the nations.
 19He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall anyone 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 when come, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
 9of sin, because they believe not on me;
 10of righteousness, because I go unto my Father, and ye behold me no more;
 11of judgment, because the prince 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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Leummim, but here singular. see Gen. 25.23.
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Or "make to rest."

W. Kelly Translation

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Listen unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the peoples.