Isaiah 1:21-26 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:24

Ah, I will ease me "Aha! I will be eased" - Anger, arising from a sense of injury and affront, especially from those who, from every consideration of duty and gratitude, ought to have behaved far otherwise, is an uneasy and painful sensation: and revenge, executed to the full on the offenders, removes that uneasiness, and consequently is pleasing and quieting, at least for the present. Ezekiel, Ezekiel 5:13 , introduces God expressing himself in the same manner: - "And mine anger shall... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:25

I will turn my hand upon thee - So the common version; and this seems to be a metaphor taken from the custom of those who, when the metal is melted, strike off the scoriae with their hand previously to its being poured out into the mould. I have seen this done with the naked hand, and no injury whatever sustained. Purge away thy dross "In the furnace" - The text has כבר cabbor , which some render "as with soap;" as if it were the same with כברית keborith ; so Kimchi; but soap can... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:26

I will restore - "This," says Kimchi, "shall be in the days of the Messiah, in which all the wicked shall cease, and the remnant of Israel shall neither do iniquity, nor speak lies." What a change must this be among Jews! Afterward "And after this" - The Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee, and eighteen MSS., and one of my own, very ancient, add the conjunction ו vau , And. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:1-31

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:18-23

Argument and conviction. I. THE TRIAL OF THE CASE . 1. God is reason , otherwise he could not be God of justice . And if the nature can defend itself, clear itself from guilt, its plea will be allowed. Just so in Isaiah 43:19 , the imagery of a court of justice is presented: "Let them bring forth their witnesses that they may be justified, and let them hear, and say, It is true." The question is—Can the nation clear itself from the charges alleged against it? If so,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:19-23

Unrighteousness a nation's curse. Comp. Proverbs 14:34 , "Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." The prophet is picturing the corrupt state of the metropolis, and contrasting its present moral degradation with the high and honorable character which it had formerly sustained. The following points may be illustrated, and the lessons of them enforced. I. UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE LEADERS IS THE CURSE OF A BAD EXAMPLE . Illustrate by the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:21

How is the faithful city become an harlot! Not here an idolatress, but one that has left her first love, and turned to other attractions. Faithful once to her lord her spouse (Cant; passim ), she has now cast him off—she is an adulterous wife, she no longer obeys or loves her husband. It was full of judgment ; righteousness , etc. "She that was full" (Revised Version). Under Solomon ( 1 Kings 3:9-28 ) and again under Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 19:5-11 ). It is not clear when the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:21-23

ISAIAH 'S LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM . The exhortation to amendment has been made—the results have been set forth; the temporal reward has been promised; the temporal vengeance, unless they amend, threatened. Time must be allowed the people for the prophet's words to reach them, and do their work upon them, i.e. either soften or harden them. Meanwhile, Isaiah reflects on the condition of Jerusalem, and the unlikelihood of its rulers turning to God in consequence of his preaching. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:21-23

The grievousness of the sin of oppression in God's sight. The Israelites of Isaiah's time were guilty of many heinous sins, as we see by later chapters. They were idolaters ( Isaiah 2:8 ), haughty ( Isaiah 2:11 , Isaiah 2:17 ), wanton ( Isaiah 3:16 ), covetous ( Isaiah 5:8 ), drunken ( Isaiah 5:11 ), perverse ( Isaiah 5:20 ), vain ( Isaiah 5:21 ). But of all their sins, none seems to have so much offended God as their oppression of the poor and weak. The prophet refers to it... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:21-31

Divine dealing with the degenerate. We have here— I. DEPLORABLE DEGENERACY . 1. Degeneracy of character . "How is the faithful city become an harlot!" etc. ( Isaiah 1:21 , Isaiah 1:23 ). There is nothing more melancholy than the sight of a people or city or of a human being fallen from spiritual and moral integrity to a depth of sin and folly—devoutness exchanged for impiety, conscientiousness for unscrupulousness, self-restraint and self-respect for laxity or even for... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:18-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:19-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:21-31

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