Isaiah 51

“Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD : look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and…” Naming Hearken keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased…” Naming Abraham and Look keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men…” Naming Hearken keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should…” The line’s distinctive content terms include bread, captive, exile. Its relationship to verses 13 and 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.” The verse names God rather than leaving the action without a source. Watch whether the next line continues, answers, or contrasts that action.

“And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the…” Naming Thou and Zion keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken…” Naming Awake and Jerusalem keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the…” The line’s distinctive content terms include sons, guide, hand. Its relationship to verses 17 and 19 shows what work it does in this passage.

“These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of…” Naming Thy keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Thus saith thy Lord the LORD , and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine…” The verse names God and Lord rather than leaving the action without a source. Watch whether the next line continues, answers, or contrasts that action.

“But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over…” Naming Bow keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.