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Isaiah 1:2

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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.
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  1. Deuteronomy 32:1Rank 1 from verse 2
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    1GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

  2. Deuteronomy 30:19Rank 2 from verse 2
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    19I 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:

  3. Micah 1:2Rank 3 from verse 2
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    2Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

  4. Deuteronomy 4:26Rank 4 from verse 2
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    26I 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.

  5. Psalms 50:4Rank 5 from verse 2
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    4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

  6. Malachi 1:6Rank 6 from verse 2
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    6¶ A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

  7. Micah 6:1–2Rank 7 from verse 2
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    1HEAR ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

    2Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

  8. Amos 3:1Rank 8 from verse 2
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    1HEAR 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,

  9. Ezekiel 36:4Rank 9 from verse 2
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    4Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

  10. Isaiah 30:1Rank 10 from verse 2
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    1WOE to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

  11. Isaiah 30:9Rank 11 from verse 2
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    9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

  12. Isaiah 46:3–4Rank 12 from verse 2
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    3¶ 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:

    4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

  13. Isaiah 63:9–10Rank 13 from verse 2
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    9In 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.

    10¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

  14. Isaiah 65:2Rank 14 from verse 2
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    2I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

  15. Jeremiah 6:19Rank 15 from verse 2
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    19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

  16. Micah 3:8Rank 16 from verse 2
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    8¶ 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.

  17. Deuteronomy 1:31Rank 17 from verse 2
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    31And 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.

  18. Deuteronomy 4:7–8Rank 18 from verse 2
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    7For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

    8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  19. Deuteronomy 9:22–24Rank 19 from verse 2
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    22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.

    23Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

    24Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.

  20. Ezekiel 16:6–14Rank 20 from verse 2
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    6¶ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

    7I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

    8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.

    9Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

    10I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

    11I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

    12And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

    13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

    14And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.

  21. Isaiah 5:1–2Rank 21 from verse 2
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    1NOW will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

    2And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

  22. Jeremiah 13:15Rank 22 from verse 2
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    15¶ Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken.

  23. Jeremiah 31:9Rank 23 from verse 2
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    9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  24. Acts 4:20Rank 24 from verse 2
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    20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

  25. Ezekiel 20:5–32Rank 25 from verse 2
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    5¶ And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the Lord your God;

    6In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

    7Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

    8But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

    9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

    10¶ Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

    11And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

    12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

    13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

    14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

    15Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

    16Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

    17Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

    18But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

    19I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

    20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

    21Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

    22Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

    23I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

    24Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

    25Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

    26And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

    27¶ Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

    28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

    29Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

    30Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

    31For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

    32And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

  26. Jeremiah 2:5–13Rank 26 from verse 2
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    5¶ 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?

    6Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

    7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

    8The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

    9¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.

    10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

    11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

    12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

    13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  27. Jeremiah 22:29Rank 27 from verse 2
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    29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

  28. Romans 3:1–2Rank 28 from verse 2
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    1WHAT advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

    2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

  29. Romans 9:4–5Rank 29 from verse 2
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    4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

    5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

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Isaiah 1:2

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spoken

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1. Uttered, said, declared, addressed, or communicated in words. 2. In 'spoken of,' mentioned, described, or referred to. 3. In 'spoken for,' addressed by request or commendation on another's behalf; in a marriage setting, sought as a spouse. 4. In 'spoken against' or 'evil spoken of,' opposed, contradicted, denounced, or reviled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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rebelled

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Refused obedience, resisted authority, revolted, withdrew allegiance, or turned against the Lord, his words, or an appointed ruler.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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1:1THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

1:2Hear, 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.

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1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

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