Focused Passage

Isaiah 51:1-3

The LORD Comforts Zion and Calls His People to Awake

From listening to covenant ancestry, to promised Eden-like comfort for Zion, to God’s righteousness and salvation for the nations, to courage against human reproach, to prayer for the LORD’s arm to awake, to divine rebuke of fear, to Jerusalem’s awakening from the cup of wrath.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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.

2 Look 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.

3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Philippians 3:12 Classic cross-references Hebrews 12:14 Classic cross-references Isaiah 51:7 Classic cross-references Proverbs 21:21 Classic cross-references Psalms 94:15 Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 1:20 OliveGrove study links Galatians 3:7-9 OliveGrove study links Revelation 22:1-2 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Listen שִׁמְע֥וּ H8085 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural to Me אֵלַ֛י H413 Preposition | first person common singular you who pursue רֹ֥דְפֵי H7291 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct righteousness צֶ֖דֶק H6664 Noun - masculine singular you who seek מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י H1245 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular Look הַבִּ֙יטוּ֙ H5027 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the rock צ֣וּר H6697 Noun - masculine singular from which you were cut חֻצַּבְתֶּ֔ם H2672 Verb - Pual - Perfect - second person masculine plural and to וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the quarry מַקֶּ֥בֶת H4718 Noun - feminine singular construct . . . בּ֖וֹר H953 Noun - masculine singular from which you were hewn נֻקַּרְתֶּֽם׃ H5365 Verb - Pual - Perfect - second person masculine plural

Verse 2

Cross-references

Genesis 12:1 Classic cross-references Romans 4:1 Classic cross-references Isaiah 41:8 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 33:24 Classic cross-references Galatians 3:9 Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 1:20 OliveGrove study links Galatians 3:7-9 OliveGrove study links Revelation 22:1-2 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Look הַבִּ֙יטוּ֙ H5027 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural to אֶל־ H413 Preposition Abraham אַבְרָהָ֣ם H85 Noun - proper - masculine singular your father אֲבִיכֶ֔ם H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural and to וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition Sarah שָׂרָ֖ה H8283 Noun - proper - feminine singular who gave you birth תְּחוֹלֶלְכֶ֑ם H2342 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine plural When כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction I called him קְרָאתִ֔יו H7121 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular he was but one אֶחָ֣ד H259 Number - masculine singular then I blessed him וַאֲבָרְכֵ֖הוּ H1288 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular and multiplied him וְאַרְבֵּֽהוּ׃ס H7235 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

Isaiah 40:1 Classic cross-references Isaiah 35:1 Classic cross-references Isaiah 66:13 Classic cross-references Isaiah 49:13 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 31:13 Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 1:20 OliveGrove study links Galatians 3:7-9 OliveGrove study links Revelation 22:1-2 OliveGrove study links

Original words

For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֜ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular will comfort נִחַ֨ם H5162 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Zion צִיּ֗וֹן H6726 Noun - proper - feminine singular and will look with compassion נִחַם֙ H5162 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular on all her כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct ruins חָרְבֹתֶ֔יהָ H2723 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular He will make וַיָּ֤שֶׂם H7760 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular her wilderness מִדְבָּרָהּ֙ H4057 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular like Eden כְּעֵ֔דֶן H5731 Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular and her desert וְעַרְבָתָ֖הּ H6160 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular like the garden כְּגַן־ H1588 Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular Joy שָׂשׂ֤וֹן H8342 Noun - masculine singular and gladness וְשִׂמְחָה֙ H8057 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular will be found יִמָּ֣צֵא H4672 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular in her בָ֔הּ Preposition | third person feminine singular thanksgiving תּוֹדָ֖ה H8426 Noun - feminine singular and melodious זִמְרָֽה׃ס H2172 Noun - feminine singular song וְק֥וֹל H6963 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct

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