Isaiah 51:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are 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 afraid of their revilings.
Ps 94:15 : 15 But judgment shall return{H8799)} unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, 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 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. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Rom 14:19 : 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Phil 3:13 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those 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 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, 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 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. 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 the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek ye the LORD, 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 the LORD'S anger.
Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Prov 21:21 : 21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD 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, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Ps 24:6 : 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Isa 51:4 : 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

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