Isaiah 51:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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 the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine 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 people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, 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 the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light 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 come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, 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 the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD 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 shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man 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 to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• John 16:8-9 : 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
• Rom 8:2-4 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and 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 righteousness 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,(being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• Exod 19:6 : 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an 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 grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
• Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
• Ps 50:7 : 7 Hear{H8798)}, O my people, and I will speak{H8762)}; O Israel, and I will testify{H8686)} against thee: I am God, even thy God.
• Ps 78:1 : 1 Maschil{H8688)} of Asaph. Give ear{H8685)}, O my people, to my law: incline{H8685)} your ears to the words of my mouth.
• Ps 106:5 : 5 That I may see the good 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 judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
• 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 the truth may enter in.
• Isa 42:1-4 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.