Isaiah 51:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְע֥וּ אֵלַ֛י רֹ֥דְפֵי צֶ֖דֶק מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַבִּ֙יטוּ֙ אֶל־צ֣וּר חֻצַּבְתֶּ֔ם וְאֶל־מַקֶּ֥בֶת בּ֖וֹר נֻקַּרְתֶּֽם

Transliteration

šim'û to-me rōdəpê ṣedeq məbaqəšê YHWH, habbiṭû to-ṣûr ḥuṣṣabtem and-to-maqqebet bôr nuqqartem

Grammar Details

*šim'û*: imperative, masculine plural - hear/listen
*rōdəpê*: masculine plural construct - pursuers of
*ṣedeq*: common noun, masculine singular - righteousness/justice
*məbaqəšê*: masculine plural construct, Piel participle - seekers of
YHWH: proper noun - divine name
*habbiṭû*: imperative, masculine plural, Hiphil - look at/consider
*ṣûr*: common noun, masculine singular - rock
*ḥuṣṣabtem*: Pual perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you were hewn/cut out
*maqqebet*: common noun, feminine singular construct - quarry/excavation
*bôr*: common noun, masculine singular - pit/cistern
*nuqqartem*: Pual perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you were dug/hollowed out

Word Meanings

*ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness
*ṣûr*: rock/boulder/cliff
*bôr*: pit/cistern/hole
*maqqebet*: quarry/excavation/hole

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Referenced Verses

Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken 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.
Ps 94:15 : 15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Gen 17:15-17 : 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith: 31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law. 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. {G3551} {G1063} They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
Rom 14:19 : 19 So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Phil 3:13 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Isa 55:2-3 : 2 Wherefore 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. 3 Incline 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 55:6 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Prov 21:21 : 21 He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
Isa 45:19 : 19 I 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, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb; 4 and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry [you]; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
Ps 24:6 : 6 This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, [even] Jacob. {H5542}
Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. 4 Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
Isa 51:4 : 4 Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

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