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Listen, earth! For the LORD has spoken: &#8220I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth! This is what the LORD says: “The children I raised and cared for have rebelled against me. <a href="/esv/isaiah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Listen, 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. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/1.htm">New King James Version</a> 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; <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Listen, heavens, and hear, earth; For the LORD has spoken: “Sons I have raised and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the LORD speaks, &#8220Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the LORD speaks, “Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; For Yahweh speaks, “Sons I have reared and raised up, But they have transgressed against Me. <a href="/amp/isaiah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth; For the LORD has spoken: “I have reared and brought up sons, But they have rebelled against Me and have broken away. <a href="/csb/isaiah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the LORD has spoken:&#8221 I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. <a href="/asv/isaiah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. <a href="/cev/isaiah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD has said, "Listen, heaven and earth! The children I raised have turned against me. <a href="/erv/isaiah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Listen, heaven, and pay attention, earth! The LORD has spoken, "I raised [my] children and helped them grow, but they have rebelled against me. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD said, "Earth and sky, listen to what I am saying! The children I brought up have rebelled against me. <a href="/isv/isaiah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> Listen, you heavens, and let the earth pay attention, because the LORD has spoken: "I reared children and brought them to adulthood, but then they rebelled against me. <a href="/msb/isaiah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Listen, 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. <a href="/net/isaiah/1.htm">NET Bible</a> Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the LORD speaks: "I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me! <a href="/nheb/isaiah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/isaiah/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, "" For YHWH has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up sons, "" And they transgressed against Me. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they -- they transgressed against Me. <a href="/slt/isaiah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Hear, ye heavens, and give ear thou earth, for Jehovah spake: for I caused to grow and lifted up sons, and they rebelled against me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Listen, O heavens, and pay attention, O earth, for the Lord has spoken. I have nurtured and raised children, but they have spurned me. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/1.htm">New American Bible</a> Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, for the LORD speaks: Sons have I raised and reared, but they have rebelled against me! <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken, I have reared and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Listen, Heaven, and pay attention, Earth, because LORD JEHOVAH has spoken: “I have raised and I have exalted children, and those have risen up against me<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For the LORD hath spoken: Children I have reared, and brought up, And they have rebelled against Me. <a href="/sep/isaiah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Hear, O heaven, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, saying, I have begotten and reared up children, but they have rebelled against me. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/1-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Judah's Rebellion</a> 1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2<a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šim·‘ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">Listen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: šā·ma·yim (N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">O heavens,</a> <a href="/hebrew/238.htm" title="238: wə·ha·’ă·zî·nî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-fs) -- A primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from 'ozen; to broaden out the ear, i.e. to listen.">and give ear,</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">O earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bêr (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">has spoken:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: gid·dal·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">“I have raised</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nîm (N-mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">children</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: wə·rō·w·mam·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">and brought them up,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">but they</a> <a href="/hebrew/6586.htm" title="6586: pā·šə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To rebel, transgress. A primitive root; to break away, i.e. Trespass, apostatize, quarrel.">have rebelled</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">against Me.</a> 3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-1.htm">Deuteronomy 32:1</a> Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. <a href="/jeremiah/2-12.htm">Jeremiah 2:12-13</a> Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD. / “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water. <a href="/micah/6-1.htm">Micah 6:1-2</a> Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. / Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel: <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! <a href="/psalms/50-4.htm">Psalm 50:4</a> He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people: <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Ezekiel 16:20-21</a> You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? / You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols. <a href="/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6</a> “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a> He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Romans 9:4-5</a> the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. / Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen. <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a> You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” <a href="/jeremiah/3-19.htm">Jeremiah 3:19-20</a> Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me. / But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Ezekiel 2:3-5</a> “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.hear<a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Deuteronomy 4:26</a> I 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.<a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19</a> I 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:<a href="/deuteronomy/32-1.htm">Deuteronomy 32:1</a> Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.for the Lord<a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Jeremiah 13:15</a> Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.<a href="/amos/3-1.htm">Amos 3:1</a> Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,<a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8</a> But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.I have<a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1,2</a> Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: … <a href="/isaiah/46-3.htm">Isaiah 46:3,4</a> Hearken 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: … <a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Deuteronomy 1:31</a> And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.they have<a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9,10</a> In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old… <a href="/deuteronomy/9-22.htm">Deuteronomy 9:22-24</a> And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath… <a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">Jeremiah 2:5-13</a> Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/songs/8-12.htm">Care</a> <a href="/songs/1-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/songs/8-13.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/songs/2-12.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/songs/8-13.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-3.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-20.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/songs/8-1.htm">Nourished</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-6.htm">Reared</a> <a href="/psalms/107-11.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-10.htm">Revolted</a> <a href="/songs/2-10.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-19.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/songs/6-5.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/7-4.htm">Care</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-4.htm">Nourished</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Reared</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-20.htm">Rebelled</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm">Revolted</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 1</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/1-1.htm">Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion</a> 5. <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">He laments her judgments</a> 10. <a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm">He upbraids their whole service</a> 16. <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats</a> 21. <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments</a> 25. <a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">He promises grace</a> 28. <a href="/isaiah/1-28.htm">And threatens destruction to the wicked</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth This phrase is a call to the entire creation to witness the message of God. It reflects the covenantal language found in <a href="/deuteronomy/32.htm">Deuteronomy 32:1</a>, where Moses calls upon heaven and earth as witnesses against Israel. The heavens and earth are often invoked in Scripture as enduring witnesses to God's covenant with His people, emphasizing the seriousness of the message. This invocation underscores the universal scope of God's authority and the gravity of Israel's rebellion.for the LORD has spoken: The phrase emphasizes the authority and finality of God's word. When the LORD speaks, it is not merely a suggestion but a divine decree. This echoes the prophetic tradition where the word of the LORD is the ultimate truth and carries the weight of divine judgment or promise. The use of "LORD" (YHWH) highlights the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, reminding them of His faithfulness and their obligations.“I have raised children and brought them up, This reflects the intimate relationship between God and Israel, portraying God as a loving and nurturing parent. The imagery of raising children is common in the Old Testament, illustrating God's care and provision (<a href="/hosea/11.htm">Hosea 11:1-4</a>). It also highlights the expectations of obedience and gratitude from the children, which in this context refers to the nation of Israel. The historical context is the period of the divided kingdom, where Israel and Judah often strayed from God's commandments.but they have rebelled against Me. Rebellion here signifies a deliberate and conscious turning away from God. This is not mere disobedience but a breach of the covenant relationship. The rebellion of Israel is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, often leading to calls for repentance and warnings of judgment (<a href="/jeremiah/2-29.htm">Jeremiah 2:29-31</a>). This rebellion is seen as a rejection of God's authority and love, akin to a child's betrayal of a parent's trust. Theologically, it foreshadows the need for a new covenant, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who restores the broken relationship between God and humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who speaks with authority and calls the heavens and earth to witness His grievance against His people. 2. <a href="/topical/h/heavens_and_earth.htm">Heavens and Earth</a> Symbolic witnesses called upon by God to hear His case against Israel, emphasizing the gravity and universality of the message. 3. <a href="/topical/c/children.htm">Children (Israel)</a> Refers to the people of Israel, whom God has nurtured and raised, yet they have turned away from Him. 4. <a href="/topical/r/rebellion.htm">Rebellion</a> The act of Israel turning away from God, despite His care and provision for them. 5. <a href="/topical/p/prophet_isaiah.htm">Prophet Isaiah</a> The messenger through whom God delivers His message, serving as a mouthpiece for divine revelation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_parental_care.htm">God's Parental Care</a> God is depicted as a loving parent who has raised His children with care and provision. Reflect on how God has nurtured and provided for you in your life. <a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_rebellion.htm">The Seriousness of Rebellion</a> Rebellion against God is not just a personal failing but a cosmic offense, as it calls upon the heavens and earth as witnesses. Consider the weight of turning away from God in your own life. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_listen.htm">The Call to Listen</a> The imperative to "listen" and "give ear" suggests an active engagement with God's word. Evaluate how you are actively listening to God's voice today. <a href="/topical/c/covenantal_faithfulness.htm">Covenantal Faithfulness</a> God's grievance is rooted in the covenant relationship with Israel. Reflect on the importance of faithfulness in your relationship with God. <a href="/topical/w/witnesses_to_our_lives.htm">Witnesses to Our Lives</a> Just as the heavens and earth are called as witnesses, consider what or who in your life serves as a witness to your faithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 1</a> <a href="/q/does_isaiah_1_2's_poetry_conflict_literally.htm">In Isaiah 1:2, how can the heavens and earth literally “listen” and “hear,” and does this poetic device conflict with a literal reading? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_end_times.htm">What does the Bible say about the end times?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_a_divine_lawsuit_in_micah.htm">In Micah 6:1–2, is there any historical or archaeological evidence of an actual “lawsuit” scenario or divine courtroom setting involving Israel? </a> <a href="/q/main_themes_in_isaiah.htm">What are the main themes in the Book of Isaiah?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth.--The prophet opens the great indictment by calling the universe to listen to it. The words remind us of <a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm" title="I 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 you and your seed may live:">Deuteronomy 30:19</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/32-1.htm" title="Give ear, O you heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.">Deuteronomy 32:1</a>, but the thought was the common inheritance of Hebrew poets (<a href="/psalms/50-4.htm" title="He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.">Psalm 50:4</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm" title="Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.">Jeremiah 6:19</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/22-29.htm" title="O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.">Jeremiah 22:29</a>), and we can draw no inference from the parallelism as to the date of either book.I have nourished and brought up children. The last word has in the Hebrew the emphasis of position: Sons I have reared and brought up. From those who had thus grown up under a father's care filial duty might have been expected; but it was not so. The sons had rebelled against their father's control. It is significant that the prophet starts from the thought of the fatherhood of God in His relation to Israel. The people might be unworthy of their election, but He had chosen them (<a href="/exodus/4-22.htm" title="And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:">Exodus 4:22</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm" title="You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.">Deuteronomy 14:1</a>; <a href="/hosea/11-1.htm" title="When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.">Hosea 11:1</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 2-6. - GOD'S COMPLAINT AGAINST HIS PEOPLE. The groundwork of Isaiah's entire prophecy is Judah's defection from God. God's people have sinned, done amiss, dealt wickedly. The hour of vengeance approaches. Punishment has begun, and will go on, continually increasing in severity. National repentance would avert God's judgments, but the nation will not repeat. God's vengeance will fall, and by it a remnant will be purified, and return to God, and be his true people. In the present section the indictment is laid. Judah's sins are called to her remembrance. Verse 2. - Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth. "A grave and magnificent exorilium! All nature is invoked to hear Jehovah make complaint of the ingratitude of his people" (Rosenmüller). The invocation is cast in the same form with that so common in Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 4:26; 30:19; 31:28; 32:1), and seems to indicate familiarity with that book. The idea extends widely among sacred and other poets (see <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3, 4</a>; <a href="/micah/6-1.htm">Micah 6:1, 2</a>; Aesch., 'P. V.,' 11. 88-92). The Lord hath spoken; rather, the Lord (literally, Jehovah) speaketh (so Lowth, Cheyne, and Gesenius). The speech of Jehovah follows in vers. 2, 3. I have nourished and brought up children; literally, (my) sons I have made great and high; i.e. I have raised Israel to greatness and exalted him among the nations. Notwithstanding their disobedience, God still acknowledges them as his "sons." They have rebelled against me. The verb used is generally rendered in our version "transgressed" (see <a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13</a>; <a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13</a>; <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4</a>); but it may also have the stronger sense here assigned it. Lowth translates, "revolted from me;" Gesenius, "fallen away from me;" Cheyne, "broken away from me." <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/1-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Listen, שִׁמְע֤וּ (šim·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently O heavens, שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ (šā·ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky and give ear, וְהַאֲזִ֣ינִי (wə·ha·’ă·zî·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_238.htm">Strong's 238: </a> To broaden out the ear, to listen O earth, אֶ֔רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has spoken: דִּבֵּ֑ר (dib·bêr) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue “I have raised גִּדַּ֣לְתִּי (gid·dal·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> To grow up, become great children בָּנִים֙ (bā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son and brought them up, וְרוֹמַ֔מְתִּי (wə·rō·w·mam·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> To be high actively, to rise, raise but they וְהֵ֖ם (wə·hêm) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They have rebelled פָּ֥שְׁעוּ (pā·šə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6586.htm">Strong's 6586: </a> To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel against Me. בִֽי׃ (ḇî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:2 Hear heavens and listen earth (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/1-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 1:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 1:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>