Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
Parallel translations
- WEB Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech!
- KJV Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
- NKJV Give ear and hear my voice, Listen and hear my speech.
- NASB ¶Listen and hear my voice, Pay attention and hear my words.
- NLT Listen to me; listen, and pay close attention.
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Quick answer
Isaiah calls his hearers to listen carefully to the parable of the farmer that follows.
Overview
With an earnest summons to attentive hearing, the prophet introduces a wisdom illustration drawn from farming. The repeated call to listen stresses the importance of what follows about God's wise dealings. It models the receptivity God desires, the very hearing the scoffers refused.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jer 22:29O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
- Isa 1:2Listen, 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.
- Rev 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Deut 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Rev 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
- Rev 2:11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Rev 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
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Christ at the center
Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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