Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 1:21-31
4. Israel’s response 1:21-31While God’s invitation to repent was genuine (Isaiah 1:16-20), the nation had so thoroughly departed from Him that repentance was not forthcoming and discipline was inevitable. The prophet bemoaned the depth of Israel’s apostasy and announced that the Lord would have to purify His people in the furnace of affliction before they would become what He intended them to be. The structural form of Isaiah 1:21-26 is palistrophic, with Isaiah 1:23-24 forming the center and... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 1:31
31. strong—powerful rulers ( :-). maker of it—rather, his work. He shall be at once the fuel, "tow," and the cause of the fire, by kindling the first "spark." both—the wicked ruler, and "his work," which "is as a spark." read more