Isaiah 51:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. ”

Isaiah 51:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness - My people who are acquainted with my law, and who are to be saved. This is addressed to the pious parlor the Jewish nation. Fear ye not the reproa...
Isaiah 51:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Heartening Consolation. Yahweh, in words that echo Isaiah 50:4-9 , bids His people, who seek the victory which ever eludes them, consider their origin. Abraham was but one; yet He made him a gre...
Isaiah 51:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

know . take note of. men . mortal men.
Isaiah 51:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Hearken to me. Because wicked men, when they enjoy prosperity, laugh at our faith, and ridicule our distresses and afflictions, on this account the Prophet exhorts believers to patience,...
Isaiah 51:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 958 A DISSUASIVE FROM THE FEAR OF MAN Isaiah 51:7-8 . Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law: Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye...
Isaiah 51:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Isaiah 51:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. Hearken unto me ye that know righte...
Isaiah 51:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1, 2 . In the past God made Israel a great nation from a single ancestor, and that wonderful growth should be an encouragement to the righteous remnant now to believe in their restoration.
Isaiah 51:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye that know righteousness. — Jehovah, through His Servant, speaks to the Israel within Israel, the Church within the Church. They need support against the scorn and reproach of men, and are to fin...
Isaiah 51:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Awake, O Arm of Jehovah!” Isaiah 51:1-11 This chapter is extremely dramatic. We are conscious that we are nearing a revelation of unparalleled sublimity. As we hear the thrice Hearken in Is...
Isaiah 51:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Three messages to the faithful immediately follow. The first is a call to courage (verses Isa 51:1-8), in which they are charged to look back to Abraham, to look on to the nearness of God's activity,...
Isaiah 51:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is another gracious call of the Lord, in which the subject is carried to its height: for it is to such as have not only sought the Lord, and followed after his righteousness, but have also found...
Isaiah 51:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness ,.... The righteousness of God, and of his law; the purity of his nature, what righteousness is agreeable to him, and required by him; the imperfection an...
Isaiah 51:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. Ver. 7. Hearken unto me. ] See on Isa...
Isaiah 51:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hearken, ye that know righteousness Who not only understand, but love and practise it; whose persons are justified, whose nature is renewed, and whose lives are subject to my laws. These seem to be...
Isaiah 51:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouragement to the Disconsolate. B. C. 706. 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give e...
Isaiah 51:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That know righteousness; that love and practise it, as knowing is commonly used. In whose heart is my law; who are tacitly opposed to the carnal Jews that had the law written only in tables. Comp...
Isaiah 51:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 51 Exhortations To The People To Respond To God. We now have here three remarkable calls to faithful Israel, ‘listen' ( Isaiah 51:1 ) - ‘attend' ( Isaiah 51:4 ) - ‘listen' ( Isaiah 51:7 )....
Isaiah 51:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 51:1-2 . 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. Look unto Abraham y...
Isaiah 51:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 51:4 . A law shall proceed from me. The gospel law of liberty and love is here intended, as in Joel 2:31 . No other law ever emanated from Jerusalem. Isaiah 51:5 . My righteousness is n...
Isaiah 51:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hearken to Me The thrice “Hearken” These paragraphs are exceedingly dramatic. We become conscious that we are approaching a revelation of unparalleled sublimity which shall be in Scripture wha...
Isaiah 51:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 51:1-23 AN ADDRESS TO FAITHFUL ISRAEL , SUGGESTING TOPICS OF COMFORT . The address consists of three nearly equal strophes or stanzas, each commencing wit...
Isaiah 51:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Certainty of Deliverance
Isaiah 51:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:14 ; 1 Peter 4:4 ; 2 Corinthians 3:3 ; Acts 5:41 ; Ezekiel 2:6 ; Hebrews 10:16 ; Isaiah 51:1 ; Jeremiah 1:17 ; Jeremiah 31:33 ; Jeremiah 31:34 ; Luke 12:4 ; Luke 12:5 ; Luke 6:...
Isaiah 51:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Know — That love and practise it.

Isaiah 51:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 51:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 51:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 51:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 51:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 51:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 51:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 51:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 51:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 51:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 51:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 51:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 51:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 51:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes