Isaiah 1:2

Isaiah 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the Lord has spoken: “I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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;

Context of Isaiah 1:2

1The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah. 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. 3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s feeding trough, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.” 4Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the Lord; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him.

Isaiah 1:2 word by word

שִׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְהַאֲזִ֣ינִי אֶ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּ֑ר בָּנִים֙ גִּדַּ֣לְתִּי וְרוֹמַ֔מְתִּי וְהֵ֖ם פָּ֥שְׁעוּ בִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• O heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and give earאָזַן'âzan · to listenH238
• O earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• I have nourishedגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• and brought upרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and they have rebelledפָּשַׁעpâsha‛ · to transgressH6586

Cross-references for Isaiah 1:2

• Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,
• Deuteronomy 32:1Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak; listen, earth, to the words from my mouth.
• Psalms 50:4On high, he summons heaven and earth in order to judge his people:
• Jeremiah 2:12Be appalled at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly desolated! This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Jeremiah 6:19Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster on these people, the fruit of their own plotting, for they have paid no attention to my words. They have rejected my instruction.
• Jeremiah 22:29Earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord!
• Ezekiel 36:4therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunder and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.
• Micah 1:2Listen, all you peoples; pay attention, earth and everyone in it! The Lord God will be a witness against you, the Lord, from his holy temple.
• Micah 6:1Now listen to what the Lord is saying: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your complaint.
• Jeremiah 13:15Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken.
• Amos 3:1Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:
• Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the Lord, with justice and courage, to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.
• Acts 4:20for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
• Isaiah 5:1I will sing about the one I love, a song about my loved one’s vineyard: The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
• Isaiah 46:3“Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.

Commentaries on Isaiah 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Hear, 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 same scene is more fully displayed in the noble exordium of Psalm 1:1-6, where God…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Hear, O heavens - This is properly the beginning of the prophecy. It is a sublime commencement; and is of a highly poetic character. The heavens and the earth are summoned to bear witness to the apostasy, ingratitude, and deep depravity of the chosen people of God. The address is expressive of deep feeling - the bursting forth of a heart filled with amazement at a wonderful and unusual event. The same sublime beginning is found in the song of Moses…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2heavens … earth: All of creation is called to witness the trial that God has convened against Judah (compare Deuteronomy 31:28; 32:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The very words of Moses (De 32:1); this implies that the law was the charter and basis of all prophecy (Is 8:20). Lord--Jehovah; in Hebrew, "the self-existing and promise-fulfilling, unchangeable One." The Jews never pronounced this holy name, but substituted Adonai. The English Version, Lord in capitals, marks the Hebrew "Jehovah," though Lord is rather equivalent to "Adonai" than "Jehovah." children--(Ex 4:22). rebelled--as sons (De 21:18) and as…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 1:2

• Character
• Church
• God
• Ingratitude
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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Commentaries on Isaiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings