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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:2-3

God's arraignment of his people. God claims his people's willing obedience on three grounds. 1. They are his children. 2. He has made them great. 3. He has exalted them to eminence among the nations. I. As HIS CHILDREN , they are bound to love and serve him, to be grateful to him for his manifold mercies, and to yield him entire obedience. He is the Author of their being; he sustains their life; he feeds them, supports them, gives them every blessing which they enjoy. In... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:2-6

GOD 'S COMPLAINT AGAINST HIS PEOPLE . The groundwork of Isaiah's entire prophecy is Judah's defection from God. God's people have sinned, done amiss, dealt wickedly. The hour of vengeance approaches. Punishment has begun, and will go on, continually increasing in severity. National repentance would avert God's judgments, but the nation will not repeat. God's vengeance will fall, and by it a remnant will be purified, and return to God, and be his true people. In the present section... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:3

The ox … the ass. The ox and the ass are probably selected as the least intelligent of domesticated animals (so Jerome, Rosenmüller, and Gesenius). Yet even they recognize their owner or master. Jeremiah contrasts the brutish stupidity of Israel with the wise instinct of animals that have not been domesticated, as the stork, the turtle-dove, the crane, and the swallow ( Jeremiah 8:7 ). Israel doth not know; i.e. does not acknowledge its Master and Owner, pays him no respect, does not... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:3

Obligation and interest. I. THE WEIGHTIEST OBLIGATION . Isaiah speaks of ownership as a relation existing between a brute beast and a man; the "ox knoweth its owner." There is a legal and not unimportant sense in which a man may own art animal; the creature is his in so far as this, that no one else can lay an equal claim to its use, and no one can dispute his legal right to employ it in his service. In a far larger sense than this does man belong to God. God has that strong and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:4

Ah sinful nation. These are the words of Isaiah, not of Jehovah. The prophet, having delivered God's message in verses 2 and 3, proceeds to impress and enforce it on the people by remarks of his own. He begins with a lamentation over their wickedness and impenitence; "Ah sinful nation!" or "Alas for the sinful nation! "the nation called to be holy ( Exodus 19:6 ; Le Exodus 20:26 , etc.), but sunk in sin and wickedness. How sad their condition! How almost hopeless! Laden with iniquity ;... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:4

Children that are corrupters. Here we have a broad light on the mission of Isaiah the prophet. The holy nation had become evil. Plants are more poison-spreading in their corruption than forest trees. It is an old proverb, "The corruption of the best is the worst." "Children that are corrupt." How solemn the emphasis of the prophet's adjuration! " Hear , O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:4

The course of sin. It is true that both righteousness and sin have very varied manifestations, the course of one good or one bad man's life differing widely from that of another. Yet there is a logical and moral order in which both holiness and iniquity pursue their path from their beginning to their end. The course of sin is not indicated by the sequence of these accusations, but the different steps are included in the prophetic denunciation. I. IT BEGINS IN THE WITHDRAWAL OF... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:4-9

The prophet's enforcement of God's charge. God's words are so weighty, that they may well be few; the preacher's enforcement of them must needs be, comparatively speaking, lengthy. Isaiah, in addressing his erring countrymen, aimed at producing in them— I. CONVICTION OF DIN . For this purpose, he begins with an array of seven charges (verse 4), varying, as it were, the counts of the indictment: The first four are general, and seem to be little more than rhetorical variations of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:5

Why should ye , etc.? Translate, Why will ye be still smitten , revolting more and more? or, Why will ye persist in rebellion , and so be smitten yet more? The Authorized Version does not express the sense, which is that suffering must follow sin—that if they still revolt, they must still be smitten for it—why, then, will they do so? Compare Ezekiel's "Why will ye die, O house of Israel?" ( Ezekiel 18:31 ). The whole head … the whole heart. Mr. Cheyne translates, "Every head … ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:5

The foolishness of increasing Divine judgments. The plea of the prophet appears to be this: "You have run terrible lengths in sin; and you have seriously suffered from the consequences of sin; now why will you bring down fresh judgments upon your head through persisting in your infidelity" (comp. Ezekiel 18:31 )? So serious, indeed, had been the penalties of transgression already that there seemed to be no part of the body politic upon which another stroke might fall; new inflictions must... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:2-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:4-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:5

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