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 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 Yhwh hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3The ox knoweth his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken Yhwh, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

Isaiah 1:2 word by word

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

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• O heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and give earאָזַן'âzan · to listenH238
• O earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• for Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · 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 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 30:19I 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 32:1Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• Psalms 50:4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
• Jeremiah 2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Yhwh.
• Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
• Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Yhwh.
• Ezekiel 36:4Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yhwh; Thus saith the Lord Yhwh to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
• Micah 1:2Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Yhwh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
• Micah 6:1Hear ye now what Yhwh saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
• Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for Yhwh hath spoken.
• Amos 3:1Hear this word that Yhwh hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
• Micah 3:8But truly I am full of power by the spirit of Yhwh, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
• Acts 4:20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
• Isaiah 5:1Now 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 46:3Hearken 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:

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