Verse 4
Isaiah 51:4
Bible in Basic English
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Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God (Elohim) will be a light to the peoples.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַקְשִׁ֤יבוּ אֵלַ/י֙ עַמִּ֔/י וּ/לְאוּמִּ֖/י אֵלַ֣/י הַאֲזִ֑ינוּ כִּ֤י תוֹרָה֙ מֵ/אִתִּ֣/י תֵצֵ֔א וּ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֔/י לְ/א֥וֹר עַמִּ֖ים אַרְגִּֽיעַ
English Translation
Listen to me, my people, and my nation, give ear; for the law will go forth from me, and my judgment for a light of the nations.
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Chapter 51 Context
1
Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock...
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2
Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he w...
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3
For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste plac...
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4
Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me...
5
Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the s...
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6
Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heav...
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7
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of t...
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8
For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but m...
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9
Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long...
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10
Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the...
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11
Those whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eter...
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12
I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an e...
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13
And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and th...
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14
The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underwo...
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15
For I am the Lord your God (Elohim), who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord...
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16
And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the he...
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17
Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting...
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18
She has no one among all her children to be her guide; not one of the sons she has taken care of tak...
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19
These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from...
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20
Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment...
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21
So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:
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22
This is the word of the Lord your master, even your God (Elohim) who takes up the cause of his peopl...
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23
And I will put it into the hand of your cruel masters, and of those whose yoke has been hard on you;...
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