Isaiah 51:1

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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.

² Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

³ For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: “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.
ASV: Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence ye were digged.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: “Listen to Me, O pursuers of righteousness, seeking YHWH! Look to the rock [from which] you⁺ were hewn, and to the hole of the pit [from which] you⁺ were dug.

ÅB: Hør på meg, dere som jager etter rettferdighet, dere som søker Herren! Se på det fjell som dere er hugget ut av, og på den brønn som dere er gravd ut av!
OTB: “Hør på meg, dere som jager etter rettferdighet, som søker Herren: Tenk på klippen dere ble hogd ut fra, og bruddet dere ble hentet fra;
B1930: Hør på mig, I som jager efter rettferdighet, I som søker Herren! Se på det fjell som I er hugget ut av, og på den brønn som I er gravd ut av!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 51:7
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.
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Psalms 94:15
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
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Psalms 105:3–4
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
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Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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Romans 9:30–32
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
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Romans 14:19
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
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Isaiah 48:12
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
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Ephesians 2:11–12
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;
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