Isaiah 51:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַקְשִׁ֤יבוּ אֵלַי֙ עַמִּ֔י וּלְאוּמִּ֖י אֵלַ֣י הַאֲזִ֑ינוּ כִּ֤י תוֹרָה֙ מֵאִתִּ֣י תֵצֵ֔א וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֔י לְא֥וֹר עַמִּ֖ים אַרְגִּֽיעַ

Transliteration

haqšîbû to-me 'ammî, and-lə'ummî to-me ha'ăzînû kî tôrâ from-me tēṣē', and-mišpāṭî lə'ôr 'ammîm 'argî'a

Grammar Details

• *haqšîbû*: Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - listen/pay attention
• *'ammî*: common noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people
• *lə'ummî*: common noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my nation
• *ha'ăzînû*: Hiphil imperative, masculine plural - give ear/listen
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *tôrâ*: common noun, feminine singular - instruction/law/teaching
• *tēṣē'*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will go out/proceed
• *mišpāṭî*: common noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my justice/judgment
• *lə'ôr*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular - for light
• *'ammîm*: common noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations
• *'argî'a*: Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will establish/cause to rest

Word Meanings

• *'ammî*: my people/my folk/my nation
• *lə'ummî*: my nation/my people
• *tôrâ*: instruction/law/teaching/direction
• *mišpāṭî*: my justice/my judgment/my legal decision
• *'argî'a*: I will establish/I will cause to rest/I will set in place

Referenced Verses

• Isa 42:6 : 6 I, 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 2:3 : 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, 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 the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 yea, he saith, It is too light a 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 Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, 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 the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;
• Matt 12:18-20 : 18 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
• Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
• John 16:8-9 : 8 And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more; 11 of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
• Rom 8:2-4 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
• 1 Cor 9:21 : 21 to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• Exod 19:6 : 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Exod 33:13 : 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
• Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
• Ps 50:7 : 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God.
• Ps 78:1 : 1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
• Ps 106:5 : 5 That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.
• Ps 147:20 : 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Isa 26:2 : 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.
• Isa 42:1-4 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. 2 He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth. 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.