Isaiah 51:1
Hear ye me, that follow that that is just, and seek the Lord. Take ye heed to the stone, from whence ye be hewn down, and to the cave of the pit, from which ye be cut down.This verse in the real world
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- מַקֶּבֶתmaqqebethproperly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation,
- חָצַבchâtsabto cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, qu
- בּוֹרbôwra pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
- נָבַטnâbaṭto scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
- צוּרtsûwrproperly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figurative
- צֶדֶקtsedeqthe right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- רָדַףrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
- בָּקַשׁbâqashto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to striv
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 51:7, Psa 94:15, Psa 105:3–4, Heb 12:14, Rom 9:30–32, Rom 14:19, Isa 48:12, Eph 2:11–12