Isaiah 1:2 (DBY)

Passage

Hear, [ye] heavens, and give ear, [thou] earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me.

Nearby Context

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

Isaiah 1:2 Hear, [ye] heavens, and give ear, [thou] earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.

Isaiah 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hear", "heavens", "give", "thou", "earth", "jehovah", "hath", and "spoken". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hear" and "heavens", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "The vision of Isaiah the son of..." into verse 3's "The ox knoweth his owner and the...", so "hear" and "heavens" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hear" and "heavens" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.