Isaiah 1:2 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 1:2

Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

KJV

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Hear, O heavens “Hear, O ye heavens” - God is introduced as entering into a public action, or pleading, before the whole world, against his disobedient people. The prophet, as herald or officer to proclaim the summons to the court, calls upon all created beings, celestial and terrestrial, to attend and bear witness to the truth of his plea and the justice of his cause.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The very words of Moses (De 32:1); this implies that the law was the charter and basis of all prophecy (Isa 8:20). Lord--Jehovah; in Hebrew, "the self-existing and promise-fulfilling, unchangeable One." The Jews never pronounced this holy name, but substituted Adonai.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׁמְע֤וּ	shim.'U	hear	H8085 →
שָׁמַ֙יִם֙	sha.Ma.yim	O heavens	H8064 →
וְהַאֲזִ֣ינִי	ve.ha.'a.Zi.ni	and give ear	H238 →
אֶ֔רֶץ	'E.retz	O earth	H776 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
דִּבֵּ֑ר	di.Ber	he has spoken	H1696 →
בָּנִים֙	ba.Nim	children	H1121 →
גִּדַּ֣לְתִּי	gi.Dal.ti	I have brought up	H1431 →
וְרוֹמַ֔מְתִּי	ve.ro.Mam.ti	and I have raised	H7311 →
וְהֵ֖ם	ve.Hem	and they	H1992 →
פָּ֥שְׁעוּ	Pa.she.'u	they have rebelled	H6586 →
בִֽי׃	Vi	against me

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:1
  Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 22:29
  O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:15
  See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
- Deuteronomy 11:26
  See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
- Psalms 119:30
  I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
- Proverbs 8:36
  But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
- Joshua 24:15–22
  But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods…
Through
Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:26
  I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.