King James Version
Isaiah 51:2 in the King James Version says “Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 51 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.”
Isaiah 51:2 · KJV
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 your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Look”
H5027to scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
“your father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“that bare”
H2342properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e., (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; fi
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“you for I called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“and blessed”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
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