Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the LORD has spoken: “I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. New Living Translation Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth! This is what the LORD says: “The children I raised and cared for have rebelled against me. English Standard Version Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me; New American Standard Bible Listen, heavens, and hear, earth; For the LORD has spoken: “Sons I have raised and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. NASB 1995 Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the LORD speaks, “Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. NASB 1977 Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the LORD speaks, “Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. Legacy Standard Bible Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; For Yahweh speaks, “Sons I have reared and raised up, But they have transgressed against Me. Amplified Bible Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth; For the LORD has spoken: “I have reared and brought up sons, But they have rebelled against Me and have broken away. Christian Standard Bible Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the LORD has spoken:” I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Listen, Heaven, and pay attention, Earth, because LORD JEHOVAH has spoken: “I have raised and I have exalted children, and those have risen up against me Brenton Septuagint Translation Hear, O heaven, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, saying, I have begotten and reared up children, but they have rebelled against me. Contemporary English Version The LORD has said, "Listen, heaven and earth! The children I raised have turned against me. Douay-Rheims Bible Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Listen, heaven, and pay attention, earth! The LORD has spoken, "I raised [my] children and helped them grow, but they have rebelled against me. Good News Translation The LORD said, "Earth and sky, listen to what I am saying! The children I brought up have rebelled against me. International Standard Version Listen, you heavens, and let the earth pay attention, because the LORD has spoken: "I reared children and brought them to adulthood, but then they rebelled against me. JPS Tanakh 1917 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For the LORD hath spoken: Children I have reared, and brought up, And they have rebelled against Me. Literal Standard Version Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, | For YHWH has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up sons, | And they transgressed against Me. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, for the LORD speaks: Sons have I raised and reared, but they have rebelled against me! NET Bible Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the LORD speaks: "I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me! New Revised Standard Version Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. New Heart English Bible Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me. Young's Literal Translation Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they -- they transgressed against Me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judah's Rebellion1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2Listen, 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. 3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”… Cross References 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, but will be utterly destroyed. Deuteronomy 32:1 Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Psalm 49:1 Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world, Psalm 50:4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people: Isaiah 30:1 "Woe to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. Isaiah 30:9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD's instruction. Isaiah 31:6 Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel. Treasury of Scripture Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. hear Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: Deuteronomy 32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. for the Lord Jeremiah 13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. Amos 3:1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, Micah 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. I have Isaiah 5:1,2 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: … Isaiah 46:3,4 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: … Deuteronomy 1:31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. they have Isaiah 63:9,10 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old… Deuteronomy 9:22-24 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath… Jeremiah 2:5-13 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? … Jump to Previous Care Children Ear Earth Hear Hearts Heavens Nourished Reared Rebelled Revolted Speaks Transgressed Turned WordJump to Next Care Children Ear Earth Hear Hearts Heavens Nourished Reared Rebelled Revolted Speaks Transgressed Turned WordIsaiah 1 1. Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion5. He laments her judgments 10. He upbraids their whole service 16. He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats 21. Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments 25. He promises grace 28. And threatens destruction to the wicked (2) Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth.--The prophet opens the great indictment by calling the universe to listen to it. The words remind us of Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuteronomy 32:1, but the thought was the common inheritance of Hebrew poets (Psalm 50:4; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 22:29), and we can draw no inference from the parallelism as to the date of either book. I have nourished and brought up children. The last word has in the Hebrew the emphasis of position: Sons I have reared and brought up. From those who had thus grown up under a father's care filial duty might have been expected; but it was not so. The sons had rebelled against their father's control. It is significant that the prophet starts from the thought of the fatherhood of God in His relation to Israel. The people might be unworthy of their election, but He had chosen them (Exodus 4:22; Deuteronomy 14:1; Hosea 11:1). . . . Verses 2-6. - GOD'S COMPLAINT AGAINST HIS PEOPLE. The groundwork of Isaiah's entire prophecy is Judah's defection from God. God's people have sinned, done amiss, dealt wickedly. The hour of vengeance approaches. Punishment has begun, and will go on, continually increasing in severity. National repentance would avert God's judgments, but the nation will not repeat. God's vengeance will fall, and by it a remnant will be purified, and return to God, and be his true people. In the present section the indictment is laid. Judah's sins are called to her remembrance. Verse 2. - Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth. "A grave and magnificent exorilium! All nature is invoked to hear Jehovah make complaint of the ingratitude of his people" (Rosenmüller). The invocation is cast in the same form with that so common in Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 4:26; 30:19; 31:28; 32:1), and seems to indicate familiarity with that book. The idea extends widely among sacred and other poets (see Psalm 1:3, 4; Micah 6:1, 2; Aesch., 'P. V.,' 11. 88-92). The Lord hath spoken; rather, the Lord (literally, Jehovah) speaketh (so Lowth, Cheyne, and Gesenius). The speech of Jehovah follows in vers. 2, 3. I have nourished and brought up children; literally, (my) sons I have made great and high; i.e. I have raised Israel to greatness and exalted him among the nations. Notwithstanding their disobedience, God still acknowledges them as his "sons." They have rebelled against me. The verb used is generally rendered in our version "transgressed" (see Jeremiah 3:13; Hosea 7:13; Amos 4:4); but it may also have the stronger sense here assigned it. Lowth translates, "revolted from me;" Gesenius, "fallen away from me;" Cheyne, "broken away from me."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Listen,שִׁמְע֤וּ (šim·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently O heavens, שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ (šā·ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky and give ear, וְהַאֲזִ֣ינִי (wə·ha·’ă·zî·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 238: To broaden out the ear, to listen O earth, אֶ֔רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has spoken: דִּבֵּ֑ר (dib·bêr) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue “I have raised גִּדַּ֣לְתִּי (gid·dal·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great children בָּנִים֙ (bā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son and brought them up, וְרוֹמַ֔מְתִּי (wə·rō·w·mam·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise but they וְהֵ֖ם (wə·hêm) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They have rebelled פָּ֥שְׁעוּ (pā·šə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6586: To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel against Me. בִֽי׃ (ḇî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew Links Isaiah 1:2 NIVIsaiah 1:2 NLT Isaiah 1:2 ESV Isaiah 1:2 NASB Isaiah 1:2 KJV Isaiah 1:2 BibleApps.com Isaiah 1:2 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 1:2 Chinese Bible Isaiah 1:2 French Bible Isaiah 1:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:2 Hear heavens and listen earth (Isa Isi Is) |
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