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.
• 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth! This is what the Lord says: “The children I raised and cared for have rebelled against me.

Context of Isaiah 1:2

1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 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. 3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand." 4Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

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 to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
• Deuteronomy 32:1"Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
• Psalms 50:4He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
• Jeremiah 2:12Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord,
• Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices, because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
• Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord!
• Ezekiel 36:4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,
• Micah 1:2Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, and let the Lord God be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
• Micah 6:1Hear what the Lord says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
• Jeremiah 13:15Hear and give ear; be not proud, for the Lord has spoken.
• Amos 3:1Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
• Micah 3:8But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
• Acts 4:20for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard."
• Isaiah 5:1Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
• Isaiah 46:3"Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb;

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

In the dictionaries

• Convert
• Crib
• Eat
• Fade
• Fear of the Lord the
• Fornication
• Harlot
• Isaiah, The Book of
• Judgment
• Oblation

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