Isaiah 1:10,Isaiah 1:11,Isaiah 1:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-15

Here, I. God calls to them (but calls in vain) to hear his word, Isa. 1:10. 1. The title he gives them is very strange; You rulers of Sodom, and people of Gomorrah. This intimates what a righteous thing it would have been with God to make them like Sodom and Gomorrah in respect of ruin (Isa. 1:9), because that had made themselves like Sodom and Gomorrah in respect of sin. The men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners before the Lord exceedingly (Gen. 13:13), and so were the men of Judah. When the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom ,.... Not literally, but mystically, meaning the governors of Judea; they and their people having sinned in like manner, and as openly, as the rulers of Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof; see Isaiah 3:9 and so the Targum paraphrases the words, "receive the word of the Lord, ye governors, whose works are evil like the governors of Sodom.' These are called to attend to the word of the Lord; either the Scriptures, which should be the rule of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:10

Ye rulers of Sodom "Ye princes of Sodom" - The incidental mention of Sodom and Gomorrah in the preceding verse suggested to the prophet this spirited address to the rulers and inhabitants of Jerusalem, under the character of princes of Sodom and people of Gomorrah. Two examples of a sort of elegant turn of the like kind may be observed in St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Romans 15:4 , Romans 15:5 , Romans 15:12 , Romans 15:13 . See Locke on the place; and see Isaiah 1:29 , Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:1-31

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of the Lord ; i.e. "Do not speak to no purpose, but hear." The rulers are supposed to have begun their plea, but the prophet stops them. Ye rulers of Sodom. Having said in the preceding verse how nearly Jerusalem had suffered the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, the writer grows more bold, and proceeds to give Jerusalem the obnoxious names. Her "rulers, "literally, judges ( katsin in Hebrew corresponding to kadi in Arabic), are "rulers of Sodom;" her people are the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-15

THE PEOPLE 'S PLEA NO EXCUSE , BUT AN AGGRAVATION OF THEIR GUILT . The prophet supposes the people, by the mouth of their rulers, to meet the charge of rebellion with an appeal to the fact that they maintain all the outward ordinances of religion, as required by the Lawn and are therefore blameless. This draws from him a burst of indignant eloquence, which the Holy Spirit directs him to put, mainly, into the mouth of God ( Isaiah 1:11-15 ), denouncing such a pretence of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-17

The people's plea considered. The leading men of Jerusalem are supposed to reply to the charge of Jehovah, pointing to the elaborate manner in which his worship is kept up. And Jehovah rejects their plea with scorn. I. THE DIVINE INDIGNATION AGAINST WICKEDNESS . No more scathing denunciation could there be than to term the rulers of the holy city "chiefs of Sodom," and the people in general "people of Gomorrah." Those were names of horror and shame. Christ used them in the same... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-20

The prophetic strain. Isaiah had gone only a very little way in his testimony when he broke into the true prophetic strain. The prophets were God's witnesses against the mere shows and semblances of piety, and for the reality of godliness and virtue; they lived to expose the false and to expound the true, to pierce with keen edged sword that which was hollow and rotten, and to commend with glowing zeal that which was sound and good. Here we have a deliverance which evidently came hot from a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of the Lord - The message of God. Having stated the calamities under which the nation was groaning, the prophet proceeds to address the rulers, and to state the cause of all these woes.Ye rulers of Sodom - The incidental mention Sodom in the previous verse gives occasion for this beautiful transition, and abrupt and spirited address. Their character and destiny were almost like those of Sodom, and the prophet therefore openly addresses the rulers as being called to preside over a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 1:10

Isaiah 1:10. Hear the word of the Lord I bring a message from your Lord and governor, to whom you owe all reverence and obedience; ye rulers of Sodom So called for their resemblance of them in wickedness. Compare Deuteronomy 32:32; Ezekiel 16:46; Ezekiel 16:48. “The incidental mention of Sodom and Gomorrah in the preceding verse, suggested to the prophet this spirited address to the rulers and inhabitants of Jerusalem, under the character of princes of Sodom and people of Gomorrah. Two... read more

Isaiah 1:10,isaiah 1:11,isaiah 1:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 1:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 1:10

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