Isaiah 1:2-3 KJV

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 1:2

Hear, O heavens - This is properly the beginning of the prophecy. It is a sublime commencement; and is of a highly poetic character. The heavens and the earth are summoned to bear witness to the apostasy, ingratitude, and deep depravity of the chosen people of God. The address is expressive of deep feeling - the bursting forth of a heart filled with amazement at a wonderful and unusual event. The same sublime beginning is found in the song of Moses, Deuteronomy 32:1 :Give ear, O ye heavens, and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 1:3

The ox ... - The design of this comparison is to show the great stupidity and ingratitude of the Jews. Even the least sagacious and most stupid of the animals, destitute as they are of reason and conscience, evince knowledge anal submission far more than the professed people of God. The ox is a well known domestic animal, remarkable for patient willingness to toil, and for submission to his owner.Knoweth his owner - Recognizes, or is submissive to him.The ass - A well known animal, proverbial... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 1:2

Isaiah 1:2. Hear, O heavens, &c. “God is introduced as entering upon a solemn and public action, or pleading, before the whole world, against his disobedient people. The prophet, as herald, or officer, to proclaim the summons to the court, calls upon all created beings, celestial and terrestrial, to attend and bear witness to the truth of his plea, and the justice of his cause.” Bishop Lowth. See the same scene more fully displayed, Psalms 50:3-4. With the like invocation Moses begins... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 1:3

Isaiah 1:3. The ox knoweth his owner, &c. In these words the prophet amplifies “the gross insensibility of the disobedient Jews, by comparing them with the most heavy and stupid of all animals, yet not so insensible as they. Bochart has well illustrated the comparison, and shown the peculiar force of it. ‘He sets them lower than the beasts, and even than the stupidest of all beasts; for there is scarce any more so than the ox and the ass. Yet these acknowledge their master; they know... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:1-9

1:1-6:13JUDAH AN UNCLEAN PEOPLEGod judges Judah (1:1-9)The opening chapter introduces most of the main issues that the prophet is to deal with, and therefore is a summary of the overall message of the book. The scene is one of judgment. God is the judge, his people the accused, heaven and earth the witnesses. The charge is that Judah has rebelled against God. Even animals are grateful for what their masters do for them, but the people of Judah show no gratitude to their heavenly Father... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 1:2

Hear, heavens. Figure of speech Apostrophe . App-6 . Reference to Pentateuch ( App-92 ). It commences like the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:1 . See notes, p. 283), and is the commentary on it. Note the connection of the two books, Isaiah the necessary sequel to Deuteronomy. This verse was put on the title-page of early English Bibles, claiming the right of all to hear what Jehovah hath spoken. for. Note the reason given. the Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . hath spoken: i.e., articulately. Not... 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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 1:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 1:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 1:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:1-9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 1:2

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