Isaiah 51:1
Hebrew Text— Isaiah 51:1“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.
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But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”
For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.
Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,
If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.
How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,
Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.
You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.
In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, or has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.
but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,
laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.
Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;
From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
Sharon will be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.
then you shall tell your son, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this thing today.
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I command you to do this thing.
This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face—even Jacob.
He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.
“Listen to me, my people; and hear me, my nation, for a law will go out from me, and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
Follow after love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.