Isaiah 51:1
ContextNETBible | “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 |
XREF | Ge 17:15-17; Ps 24:6; Ps 94:15; Ps 105:3,4; Pr 15:9; Pr 21:21; Isa 45:19; Isa 46:3,4; Isa 48:12; Isa 51:4,7; Isa 51:7; Isa 55:2,3; Isa 55:6; Am 5:6; Zep 2:3; Mt 5:6; Mt 6:33; Ro 9:30-32; Ro 14:19; Eph 2:11,12; Php 3:13; 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:22; Heb 12:14 |
NET © Notes |
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. |