Isaiah 51:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 51:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 51:1 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 51:1 — 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.”
— Isaiah 51:1 (KJV)
Isaiah 51:1 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 51:1
“And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 51:1: after, seek, lord
“The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 51:1: follow, after, righteousness
“Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 51:1: after, lord, rock
“And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 51:1: after, seek, lord
“And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 51:1: after, lord, look
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