Discovery BoxIsaiah 51:1 
ContextThere is Hope for the Future
51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, 1
who seek the Lord!
Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,
at the quarry 2 from which you were dug! 3
Isaiah 59:14
Context59:14 Justice is driven back;
godliness 4 stands far off.
Indeed, 5 honesty stumbles in the city square
and morality is not even able to enter.
1 tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”
2 tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”
3 sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.
4 tn Or “righteousness” (ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); KJV, NAB “justice.”
5 tn Or “for” (KJV, NRSV).
