Transgressors … sinners … they that forsake the Lord (comp. Isaiah 1:2 and Isaiah 1:4 ). These are scarcely distinct classes—rather different names for the ungodly. All of them, by whatever name they were called, would perish "together." read more
The oaks which ye have desired are, primarily, the "green trees " under which images were set up ( 2 Kings 17:10 ), but perhaps represent also any worldly attractions which draw the soul away from God—as wealth, or power, or honors. In the day of suffering, sinners are ashamed of having been led away by such poor temptations as those to which they have yielded (comp. Romans 6:21 , "What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?"). The gardens. Kay suggests... read more
Zion - See the note at Isaiah 1:8. The word Zion here is used to designate the whole Jewish people to whom the prophet had reference; that is, the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, Isaiah 1:1.Shall be redeemed - The word used here - פדה pâdâh - is employed in two senses in the Scriptures. It implies always the idea of deliverance, as from captivity, danger, punishment, slavery, sin. But this idea occurs:(1) sometimes without any reference to a price paid, but simply denoting to deliver, or... read more
And the destruction - Hebrew שׁבר sheber - the breaking, or crushing, that is, the punishment which was about to come upon them; compare Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 3:47; Proverbs 16:18.Of the transgressors - “Revolters,” or those that rebel against God.And of the sinners - Of all the sinners in the nation, of all kinds and degrees.Together - At the same time with the redemption of Zion.Shall be consumed - יכלוּ yı̂kelû, from כלה kâlâh, to be completed, or finished; to be consumed,... read more
For they shall be ashamed - That is, when they see the punishment that their idolatry has brought upon them, they shall be ashamed of the folly and degradation of their worship. Moreover, the gods in which they trusted shall yield them no protection, and shall leave them to the disgrace and confusion of being forsaken and abandoned.Of the oaks - Groves, in ancient times, were the favorite places of idolatrous worship. In the city of Rome, there were thirty-two groves consecrated to the gods.... read more
Isaiah 1:27-28. Zion shall be redeemed Shall be delivered from all their enemies and calamities; with judgment By the exercise of God’s strict justice in destroying the obdurate; by purging out those wicked and incorrigible Jews, who, by their sins, hindered the deliverance of the people; and by punishing and destroying their unmerciful enemies who kept them in cruel bondage; and her converts Hebrew, ושׁביה , her returners, those of them who shall come out of captivity into their... read more
Isaiah 1:29. For they shall be ashamed He does not speak of an ingenuous and penitential shame for sin, but of an involuntary and penal shame for the disappointment of the hopes which they had placed in their idols; of the oaks which ye have desired Which, after the manner of the heathen, you have consecrated to idolatrous uses. Of what particular kind the trees here mentioned were, cannot be determined with certainty. The Hebrew word אלה , here used, is rendered ilex by Bishop Lowth,... read more
Religious and moral corruption (1:10-31)No doubt the people thought they were pleasing God by offering sacrifices, attending public worship services, and keeping the special Israelite feasts; but because their everyday lives were full of sin, their religious exercises were hateful to God. No matter how correct the form of worship, God will not accept it unless the people show a corresponding zeal for right behaviour (10-15).The people must turn from their selfishness and treachery, and begin to... read more
redeemed = delivered Hebrew. paddah. her converts = they that return of her. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:27
Redeemed with judgment ; rather, delivered through judgment ; i.e. God's judgment shall have the effect of "delivering" a remnant, who shall build up Zion once more, and dwell in it. Her converts ; i.e. those of her children who turn to God, shall be delivered through God's righteousness, i.e. through the righteous vengeance which he executes upon the unfaithful nation. Some, however, understand both clauses to mean that the penitent remnant shall "deliver their own souls by... read more