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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 dismayed at their revilings. (Isa. 51:7)
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Rom. 9:30‑31• 30What then shall we say? That Gentiles which followed not after righteousness obtained righteousness, even [the] righteousness that is by faith;
 31but Israel following after a law of righteousness attained not unto a 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• 4Listen 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.
 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 dismayed at their revilings. (Isa. 51:4,7)
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Isa. 46:3‑4• 3Hearken unto me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne [by me] from the belly, who have been carried from the womb:
 4even to old age I [am] He, and to hoary hairs will I carry [you]: I have made and I will bear; and I will carry and will deliver. (Isa. 46:3‑4)
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Isa. 48:12• 12Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I [am] HE, I the first, I also the last. (Isa. 48:12)
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Isa. 55:2‑3• 2Wherefore do ye weigh money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour 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, 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 dismayed at their revilings. (Isa. 51:7)
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Psa. 94:15• 15For judgment shall return unto righteousness,{HR}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 to Jehovah;{HR}But him that pursueth righteousness he loveth. (Prov. 15:9)
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Prov. 21:21• 21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy{HR}Findeth life, righteousness, and honour. (Prov. 21:21)
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Matt. 5:6• 6Blessed they that 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 to you. (Matt. 6:33)
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Rom. 9:30‑32• 30What then shall we say? That Gentiles which followed not after righteousness obtained righteousness, even [the] righteousness that is by faith;
 31but Israel following after a law of righteousness attained not unto a law of righteousness.
 32Why? Because not by faith but as by works [of law], for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling, (Rom. 9:30‑32)
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Rom. 14:19• 19So then let us pursue the things of peace and the things of edifying one another. (Rom. 14:19)
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Phil. 3:13• 13Brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; (Phil. 3:13)
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1 Tim. 6:11• 11But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit. (1 Tim. 6:11)
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2 Tim. 2:22• 22But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2 Tim. 2:22)
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Heb. 12:14• 14Pursue peace with all, and holiness apart from which no one shall see the Lord, (Heb. 12:14)
ye that seek.
Isa. 45:19• 19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I [am] Jehovah speaking righteousness, declaring things that are right. (Isa. 45:19)
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Isa. 55:6• 6Seek ye Jehovah 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 those who seek him,{HR}Who seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. (Psa. 24:6)
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Psa. 105:3‑4• 3Glory in his holy name;{HR}Glad be the heart of those that enquire for Jehovah.
 4Seek Jehovah and his strength,{HR}Enquire for his face continually. (Psa. 105:3‑4)
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Amos 5:6• 6Seek Jehovah, and live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. (Amos 5:6)
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Zeph. 2:3• 3Seek ye Jehovah, 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 Jehovah’s anger. (Zeph. 2:3)
look.
Gen. 17:15‑17• 15And God said to 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.
 17And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear? (Gen. 17:15‑17)
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Eph. 2:11‑12• 11Wherefore remember that once ye, the nations in [the] flesh, that are called uncircumcision by that called circumcision in [the] flesh made by hand,
 12that ye were at that time without Christ, 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Hearken to 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.