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Isaiah 51

Is. 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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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.
ye that follow.
Is. 51:7• 7Oidme, los que conocéis justicia, pueblo en cuyo corazón está mi ley. No temáis afrenta de hombre, ni desmayéis por sus denuestos. (Is. 51:7)
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Sal. 94:15• 15Sino que el juicio será vuelto á justicia, Y en pos de ella irán todos los rectos de corazón. (Sal. 94:15)
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Pr. 15:9• 9Abominación es á Jehová el camino del impío: Mas él ama al que sigue justicia. (Pr. 15:9)
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Pr. 21:21• 21El que sigue la justicia y la misericordia, Hallará la vida, la justicia, y la honra. (Pr. 21:21)
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Mt. 5:6• 6Bienaventurados los que tienen hambre y sed de justicia: porque ellos serán hartos. (Mt. 5:6)
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Mt. 6:33• 33Mas buscad primeramente el reino de Dios y su justicia, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas. (Mt. 6:33)
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Ro. 9:30‑32• 30¿Pues qué diremos? Que los Gentiles que no seguían justicia, han alcanzado la justicia, es á saber, la justicia que es por la fe;
31Mas Israel que seguía la ley de justicia, no ha llegado á la ley de justicia.
32¿Por qué? Porque la seguían no por fe, mas como por las obras de la ley: por lo cual tropezaron en la piedra de tropiezo,
(Ro. 9:30‑32)
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Ro. 14:19• 19Así que, sigamos lo que hace á la paz, y á la edificación de los unos á los otros. (Ro. 14:19)
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Fil. 3:13• 13Hermanos, yo mismo no hago cuenta de haber lo ya alcanzado; pero una cosa hago: olvidando ciertamente lo que queda atrás, y extendiéndome á lo que está delante, (Fil. 3:13)
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1 Ti. 6:11• 11Mas tú, oh hombre de Dios, huye de estas cosas, y sigue la justicia, la piedad, la fe, la caridad, la paciencia, la mansedumbre. (1 Ti. 6:11)
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2 Ti. 2:22• 22Huye también los deseos juveniles; y sigue la justicia, la fe, la caridad, la paz, con los que invocan al Señor de puro corazón. (2 Ti. 2:22)
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He. 12:14• 14Seguid la paz con todos, y la santidad, sin la cual nadie verá al Señor: (He. 12:14)
ye that seek.
look.
 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.