Isaiah 51:1

There is Hope for the Future

51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness,

who seek the Lord!

Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,

at the quarry from which you were dug!

Isaiah 59:14

59:14 Justice is driven back;

godliness stands far off.

Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square

and morality is not even able to enter.


tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”

tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”

sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.

tn Or “righteousness” (ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); KJV, NAB “justice.”

tn Or “for” (KJV, NRSV).