1Hearken 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.
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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.
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. …
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Observe, 1. How the people of God are here described, to whom the word of this consolation is sent and who are called upon to hearken to it, Isa. 51:1. They are such as follow after righteousness, such as are very desirous and solicitous both to be justified and to be sanctified, are pressing hard after this, to have the favour of God restored to them and the image of God renewed on them. These ar…
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