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Isaiah 51:2

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Covenant and promises

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.

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.

4 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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
WEB
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.
ASV
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
DARBY
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him when he was alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.
BLB
Look to Abraham your⁺ father, and to Sarah who bore you⁺! For I called him alone, and I blessed him and multiplied him.
ÅB
Se på Abraham, deres far, og på Sara, som fødte dere! For da han enda bare var en, kalte jeg ham, og jeg velsignet ham og gjorde hans slekt stor;
OTB
Tenk på Abraham, deres far, og Sara, som fødte dere. Da han var alene, kalte jeg ham, og jeg velsignet ham og gjorde ham tallrik.”
B1930
Se på Abraham, eders far, og på Sara, som fødte eder! For da han ennu bare var en, kalte jeg ham, og jeg velsignet ham og gjorde hans ætt stor;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 33:24

    “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

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  • Romans 4:1–5

    What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?

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  • Galatians 3:9–14

    So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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  • Hebrews 11:8–12

    By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

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  • Genesis 24:1

    By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

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  • Isaiah 29:22

    Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.

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  • Genesis 18:11–13

    And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

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  • Genesis 13:14–17

    After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

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