Isaiah 51:2

Translations

Modern

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Traditional

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

Literal

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you! For I called him alone, and I blessed him and multiplied him.

Latin

Attendite ad Abraham, patrem vestrum, et ad Saram, quæ peperit vos: quia unum vocavi eum, et benedixi ei, et multiplicavi eum.

Original

Hebrew

English

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Notes

Isaiah 51:2

Abraham … I blessed him and multiplied him: The exiled community had decreased in number. They needed to have faith that God could restore them again to a healthy and thriving population.

Isaiah 51:1–8

This prophecy urges trust in the Lord. Each of its three parts starts with the phrase Listen to Me (Isaiah 51:1, 4, 7).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Isaiah Sarah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 33:24
“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
Galatians 3:9–14
So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Romans 4:1–5
What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?
Hebrews 11:8–12
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
Genesis 18:11–13
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
Isaiah 29:22
Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
Genesis 24:1
By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Genesis 24:35
“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
Romans 4:16–24
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
Genesis 15:4–5
Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Genesis 13:14–17
After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Sarah: Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac

Glossary

Church Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Sarah

Topics

Abraham: Divine Call of Abraham: Wealth of Blessing: Temporal, from God Call: To Special Religious Duty of Abraham The Blessed: Whom God Calls The Jews: Descendants of Abraham The Jews: Descended from Abraham

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