Isaiah 1:21-26 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:21-30

Here, I. The woeful degeneracy of Judah and Jerusalem is sadly lamented. See, 1. What the royal city had been, a faithful city, faithful to God and the interests of his kingdom among men, faithful to the nation and its public interests. It was full of judgment; justice was duly administered upon the thrones of judgment which were set there, the thrones of the house of David, Ps. 122:5. Men were generally honest in their dealings, and abhorred to do an unjust thing. Righteousness lodged in it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:21

How is the faithful city become a harlot !.... The city of Jerusalem, in which were the temple, and the pure worship of God, and was in the tribe of Judah, which ruled with God, and was very faithful with the saints when the ten tribes revolted, and fell in with the sin of Jeroboam; but now, in Isaiah's time, was become like a treacherous wife to her husband, unfaithful to the Lord, went after other lovers, committed spiritual adultery, that is, idolatry, with stocks and stones; and in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:22

Thy silver is become dross ,.... Meaning either that such persons, who had the appearance of goodness, looked like genuine silver, were now become reprobate, and, as the wicked of the earth, like dross, Jeremiah 6:30 or that the word of God, which is as silver purified seven times, was now corrupted with false glosses and human traditions, which were as dross: thy wine mixed with water F13 It being usual to mix water with wine, and drink it, and this being not at all reproachful,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are rebellious ,.... Stubborn and obstinate, refused to receive and acknowledge the Messiah; such were the Jewish rulers, civil and ecclesiastical, in the times of Christ. And companions of thieves : who devoured widows' houses; made the temple, which was a house of prayer, a den of thieves; and took away the key of knowledge from the people, and would not suffer them to attend the ministry of the Gospel, Matthew 21:13 . everyone loveth gifts, and followeth after... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:24

Therefore, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel ,.... All these names and titles, which are expressive of the majesty, power, and authority of God, are used to give the greater solemnity and weight to what follows; and to show that he is able to accomplish what he determines and threatens to do. Ah ! which is a particle, either expressive of grief at their wretched and miserable condition, or of indignation at their provoking sins and transgressions: I will ease... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:25

And I will turn my hand upon thee ,.... The remnant, according to the election of grace, left in Jerusalem, Isaiah 1:9 meaning not his afflicting hand, no, not even as a fatherly chastisement; though the Lord sometimes, by such means, purges away the iniquity of his people, as follows; see Isaiah 27:9 much less his hand of wrath and vengeance, the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger; but his hand of efficacious grace in conversion, with which he plucks sinners as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:26

And I will restore thy judges as at the first ,.... This refers not to the times after the Babylonish, captivity, when the Jews had judges and rulers, such as Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, as they had in the times of Moses, Joshua, and the judges, or as in the times of David and Solomon; but it refers, as Kimchi observes, to the times of the Messiah; and is true of the apostles of Christ, who were set on twelve thrones, had power and authority from Christ to preach his Gospel, and to judge the... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:21-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:26

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

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