Isaiah 51:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Be attentive to me, my people; my nation, give ear to me. For teaching shall go forth from me, and my judgment, as light to the peoples.

Cross References

Psalm 106:5

That I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice in the joy of your people, and glory with your heritage.

Psalm 147:20

He has not done this for any other nation; of such laws they know nothing. Hallelujah!

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people chosen as his inheritance.

Psalm 50:7

“Listen, my people, I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; God, your God, am I.

Psalm 78:1

A maskil of Asaph. Attend, my people, to my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.

Exodus 19:6

You will be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. That is what you must tell the Israelites.

Exodus 33:13

Now, if I have found favor with you, please let me know your ways so that, in knowing you, I may continue to find favor with you. See, this nation is indeed your own people.

Proverbs 6:23

For the command is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and a way to life are the reproofs that discipline,

Isaiah 1:27

Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and her repentant ones by righteousness.

Isaiah 2:3

Many peoples shall come and say: “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 26:2

Open up the gates that a righteous nation may enter, one that keeps faith.

Isaiah 26:8

The course of your judgments, Lord, we await; your name and your memory are the desire of our souls.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he it is who will save us.

Isaiah 42:21

It was the Lord’s will for the sake of his justice to make his teaching great and glorious.

Isaiah 42:6

I, the Lord, have called you for justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,

Isaiah 49:6

It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come to me; listen, that you may have life. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the steadfast loyalty promised to David.

Isaiah 63:8

He said: “They are indeed my people, children who are not disloyal.” So he became their savior

Micah 4:2

Many nations shall come, and say, “Come, let us climb the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, that we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.”

1 Corinthians 9:21

To those outside the law I became like one outside the law—though I am not outside God’s law but within the law of Christ—to win over those outside the law.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kindred, and will put my words into the mouth of the prophet; the prophet shall tell them all that I command.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.