Isaiah 51:1 ““Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Lo…”

Isaiah 51:1

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare me, ye that follow after righteousnes, and ye that seeke the Lord: looke vnto the rocke, whence ye are hewen, and to the hole of the pit, whence ye are digged.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock — ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit — ye have been digged.

Bible in Basic English

Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.

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Cross references

“Hearken”

Isaiah 51:7 Isaiah 48:12 Isaiah 51:4 Isaiah 46:3 Isaiah 46:4 Isaiah 55:2

Isaiah 51:7 · BSB

Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

Isaiah 48:12 · BSB

Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.

Isaiah 51:4 · BSB

Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.

Isaiah 46:3 · BSB

“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.

Isaiah 46:4 · BSB

Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

Isaiah 55:2 · BSB

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

“ye that follow”

Psalm 94:15 Hebrews 12:14 Romans 9:30–32 Romans 14:19 Proverbs 21:21 2 Timothy 2:22

Psalm 94:15 · BSB

Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Hebrews 12:14 · BSB

Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Romans 9:30–32 · BSB

What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

Romans 14:19 · BSB

So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Proverbs 21:21 · BSB

He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

2 Timothy 2:22 · BSB

Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

“ye that seek”

Amos 5:6 Isaiah 45:19 Psalm 24:6 Isaiah 55:6 Zephaniah 2:3 Psalm 105:3

Amos 5:6 · BSB

Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

Isaiah 45:19 · BSB

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Psalm 24:6 · BSB

Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah

Isaiah 55:6 · BSB

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Zephaniah 2:3 · BSB

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Psalm 105:3 · BSB

Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

“look”

Genesis 17:15–17 Ephesians 2:11 Ephesians 2:12

Genesis 17:15–17 · BSB

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

Ephesians 2:11 · BSB

Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

Ephesians 2:12 · BSB

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

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