Isaiah 51:1
Good News Translation
The LORD says, "Listen to me, you that want to be saved, you that come to me for help. Think of the rock from which you came, the quarry from which you were cut.

New Revised Standard Version
Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness, you that seek the LORD. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Contemporary English Version
If you want to do right and obey the LORD, follow Abraham's example. He was the rock from which you were chipped.

New American Bible
Listen to me, you who pursue justice, who seek the LORD; Look to the rock from which you were hewn, to the quarry from which you were taken;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Give ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out.

hearken

Isaiah 51:4,7 Hearken unto me, O my people, and give ear to me, O my tribes: for a law shall go forth from me, and my judgment shall rest to be a light of the nations. . . .

Isaiah 46:3,4 They are consumed, and are broken together: they could not save him that carried them, and they themselves shall go into captivity. . . .

Isaiah 48:12 Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.

Isaiah 55:2,3 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted in fatness. . . .

ye that follow

Isaiah 51:7 Hearken to me, you that know what is just, my people who have my law in your heart: fear ye not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their blasphemies.

Psalm 94:15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.

Proverbs 15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: he that followeth justice is beloved by him.

Proverbs 21:21 He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, and glory.

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.

Matthew 6:33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Romans 9:30-32 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles who followed not after justice have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith. . . .

Romans 14:19 Therefore, let us follow after the things that are of peace and keep the things that are of edification, one towards another.

Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended. But one thing I do: Forgetting the things that are behind and stretching forth myself to those that are before,

1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, fly these things: and pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness.

2 Timothy 2:22 But flee thou youthful desires, and pursue justice, faith, charity and peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man shall see God.

ye that seek

Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. I am the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things.

Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.

Psalm 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

Psalm 105:3,4 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. . . .

Amos 5:6 Seek ye the Lord, and live: lest the house of Joseph be burnt with fire, and it shall devour, and there shall be none to quench Bethel.

Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, you that have wrought his judgment: seek the just, seek the meek: if by any means you may be hid in the day of the Lord's indignation.

look

Genesis 17:15-17 God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara. . . .

Ephesians 2:11,12 For which cause be mindful that you, being heretofore gentiles is the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision in the flesh, made by hands: . . .

Context
Salvation for Zion
1Give ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out.2Look unto Abraham your father, and to Sara that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.…
Cross References
Romans 9:31
But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.

Romans 10:3
For they, not knowing the justice of God and seeking to establish their own, have not submitted themselves to the justice of God.

Genesis 17:15
God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.

Psalm 94:15
Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.

Proverbs 15:9
The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: he that followeth justice is beloved by him.

Isaiah 46:3
They are consumed, and are broken together: they could not save him that carried them, and they themselves shall go into captivity.

Isaiah 48:12
Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.

Isaiah 51:7
Hearken to me, you that know what is just, my people who have my law in your heart: fear ye not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their blasphemies.

Isaiah 65:10
And the plains shall be turned to folds of flocks, and the valley of Achor into a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

Isaiah 50:11
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