Isaiah 1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:21

Become a harlot - See before, the Discourse on the Prophetic Style; and see Lowth's Comment on the place, and De Sacr. Poes. Hebr. Prael. xxxi. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:22

Wine mixed with water - An image used for the adulteration of wines, with more propriety than may at first appear, if what Thevenot says of the people of the Levant of late times were true of them formerly. He says, "They never mingle water with their wine to drink; but drink by itself what water they think proper for abating the strength of the wine." " Lorsque les Persans boivent du vin, ils le prennent tout pur, a la facon des Levantins, qui ne le melent jamais avec de l'eua; mais en... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:23

Companions of thieves "Associates" - The Septuagint, Vulgate, and four MSS., read חברי chabrey without the conjunction ו vau . read more

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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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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:27

With judgment "In judgment" - By the exercise of God's strict justice in destroying the obdurate, (see Isaiah 1:28 ;), and delivering the penitent in righteousness; by the truth and faithfulness of God in performing his promises." read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:29

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks "For ye shall be ashamed of the ilexes" - Sacred groves were a very ancient and favorite appendage of idolatry. They were furnished with the temple of the god to whom they were dedicated, with altars, images, and every thing necessary for performing the various rites of worship offered there; and were the scenes of many impure ceremonies, and of much abominable superstition. They made a principal part of the religion of the old inhabitants of Canaan; and... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:30

Whose leaf "Whose leaves" - Twenty-six of Kennicott's, twenty-four of De Rossi's, one ancient, of my own, and seven editions, read אליה aleyha , in its full and regular form. This is worth remarking, as it accounts for a great number of anomalies of the like kind, which want only the same authority to rectify them. As a garden that hath no water "A garden wherein is no water" - In the hotter parts of the Eastern countries, a constant supply of water is so absolutely necessary for the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:1

TITLE OF THE WORK . It is questioned whether the title can be regarded as Isaiah's, or as properly belonging to the work, and it is suggested that it is rather a heading invented by a collector who brought together into a volume such prophecies of Isaiah as were known to him, the collection being a much smaller one than that which was made ultimately. In favor of this view it is urged read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:23

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:1

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