イザヤ書 1:15-21 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-20

The prophetic strain. Isaiah had gone only a very little way in his testimony when he broke into the true prophetic strain. The prophets were God's witnesses against the mere shows and semblances of piety, and for the reality of godliness and virtue; they lived to expose the false and to expound the true, to pierce with keen edged sword that which was hollow and rotten, and to commend with glowing zeal that which was sound and good. Here we have a deliverance which evidently came hot from a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:15

I will hide mine eyes, etc. A time comes when the wicked are alarmed, and seek to turn to God; but it is too late . "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me" ( Proverbs 1:28 ). When ye make many prayers ; literally, multiply prayer . Full of blood (comp. Isaiah 1:21 ). Actual bloodshed may be pointed at, as the murder of Zechariah ( 2 Chronicles 24:21 ), and the fate which befell Isaiah himself, according to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:15

God will not listen to the prayers of the wicked. Sinners sometimes think that they may persist in sin as long as they like, because they can at any time turn to God, ask his forgiveness, obtain pardon, and be saved. But Scripture is very full of warnings that this is not the case. There is "a sin against the Holy Ghost, "which "shah not be forgiven to men, neither in this world, neither in the world to come" ( Matthew 12:32 ). There is a persistence in sin, which "quenches the Spirit" ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:16

Wash you, make you clean . The analogy of sin to defilement, and of washing to cleansing from sin, has been felt among men universally wherever there has been any sense of sin. Outward purification by water has been constantly made use of as typical of the recovery of inward purity. Hence the numerous washings of the Levitical Law ( Exodus 29:4 ; Le Exodus 1:9 , Exodus 1:13 ; Numbers 19:7 , Numbers 19:8 , Numbers 19:19 ; Deuteronomy 21:6 ; Deuteronomy 23:11 ; etc.); hence the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:16-17

Conditions of Divine acceptance. The prophet has been dealing with the insufficiency of mere ceremonial as a ground of acceptance before God. He is equally severe on mere professions of penitence, that find no adequate expression in changed moral conduct and hearty return to the rules of duty and charity. I. IT WOULD BE MISCHIEVOUS TO ACCEPT THE HARDENED . Mischievous for the hardened themselves, who would be made yet harder by a goodness they could not fail to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:16-20

THE REQUIREMENT OF GOD — AMENDMENT OF LIFE . God, having put aside the worthless plea of outward religiousness made by his people, goes on to declare, by the mouth of his prophet, what he requires. First, in general terms ( Isaiah 1:16 ), and then with distinct specification ( Isaiah 1:17 ), he calls on them to amend their ways, both negatively ("cease to do evil") and positively ("learn to do well"). If they will really amend, then he assures them of forgiveness and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:16-20

No return to God's favor without amendment of life. The outward show of religion, which the Israelites maintained, vain and futile as it was, seemed to indicate that they were not wholly irreclaimable—they did not desire to break altogether with God. The prophet, therefore, assumes that they would wish to know the way by which they may remove God's anger, and enter once more into favor with him; and he proceeds to point out that the one and only road open to them is to amend their ways—to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well. Now comes the positive; first, in the general form" learn," etc.; which resembles the apostle's "Put on the armor of light" ( Romans 13:12 ). Then follow the particulars. Seek judgment ; or, seek out justice ; i.e. endeavor to get justice done to all men; see that they "have right." Relieve the oppressed. So the LXX ; the Vulgate, the Syriac, and the Chaldean Versions. But the word translated "oppressed" is thought by many to mean "oppressor" (Kimchi, Gesenius,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us reason together. God has from time to time permitted man to reason with him ( Genesis 18:23-32 ; Exodus 4:1-17 ; Job 23:3-7 ; Micah 6:2 ); but it is difficult to see that there is any "reasoning" or "controversy" here. Mr. Cheyne translates, "Let us bring our dispute to an end." Though your sins be as scarlet … like crimson ; i.e. "open, evident, glaring." Or there may be an allusion to their blood-guiltiness (see Isaiah 1:15 , Isaiah 1:19 ). They shall... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:18

Salvation to the uttermost. "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." The previous verses show that the Jews had mistaken the ideal of Divine services; they had turned them into a correct ritual, to a multitude of sacrifices without purpose. And purpose or motive is the very heart of religion. They were devotional, but cruel. "When ye make many prayers, I... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:16-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:16-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:18

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