Isaiah 1:10-14 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:11

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord ,.... These people, though they neglected the weightier matters of the law, and the more substantial duties of religion, as did the Scribes and Pharisees in Christ's time, Matthew 23:23 yet were very diligent in the observance of the ceremonial law, and repeated their sacrifices almost without number, on which they placed all their trust and dependence; wherefore, to take off their confidence in these things, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:12

When ye come to appear before me ,.... At the grand festivals of the passover, pentecost, and tabernacles, at which times all the males in Israel appeared before God, Exodus 23:17 . who hath required this at your hand ; either to appear at such times, these feasts being no more to be observed; or to offer the above sacrifices; these were not required of the Israelites when they first came out of Egypt, Jeremiah 7:22 nor were they necessary to appear before God with, or to introduce... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:13

Bring no more vain oblations ,.... As all such were, which were offered up without faith in Christ, in hypocrisy, and with dependence on them for pardon and atonement, and particularly when put an end to by the sacrifice of Christ; see Matthew 15:9 . The Targum renders it, "an oblation of robbery"; see Isaiah 60:8 . incense is an abomination to me ; instead of being of a sweet smell. This was burnt on the altar of incense, and put upon the sacrifices, Exodus 30:1 was typical of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:14

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth ,.... The Targum is, "my Word abhorreth;' the Messiah, the essential Word. These are the same as before. They are a trouble unto me ; as they were kept and observed, either when they should not, or in a manner unbecoming: I am weary to bear them ; because of the sins with which they made him to serve, Isaiah 43:24 . 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:11

To what purpose, etc. "What have I to do" - The prophet Amos has expressed the same sentiments with great elegance: - I hate, I despise your feasts; And I will not delight in the odour of your solemnities: Though ye offer unto me burnt-offerings And your meat-offerings, I will not accept: Neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatlings. Take away from me the noise of your songs; And the melody of your viols I will not hear. But let judgment roll down like waters; ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:12

When ye come to appear - Instead of לראות leraoth , to appear, one MS. has לראות liroth , to see. See De Rossi. The appearing before God here refers chiefly to the three solemn annual festivals. See Exodus 23:14 . Tread my courts (no more) - So the Septuagint divide the sentence, joining the end of this verse to the beginning of the next: Πατειν την αυλην μου, ου προσθησεσθε ; "To tread my court ye shall not add - ye shall not be again accepted in worship." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:13

The new moons and Sabbaths "The fast and the day of restraint" - ועצרה און aven vaatsarah . These words are rendered in many different manners by different interpreters, to a good and probable sense by all; but I think by none in such a sense as can arise from the phrase itself, agreeably to the idiom of the Hebrew language. Instead of און aven , the Septuagint manifestly read צום tsom , νηστειαν , "the fast." This Houbigant has adopted. The prophet could not well have omitted... read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:14

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:13

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