Isaiah 1:24-31 - Exposition

THE DECLARATION OF GOD 'S JUDGMENT . It is foreknown to God that Israel will not repent. He therefore fulminates his judgment; which, however, is still conditional, so far as individuals are con-corned. His vengeance will fall upon the land; but the result will be twofold. Destruction will come upon the unrighteous and the sinners ( Isaiah 1:28 )—they will be "consumed" ( Isaiah 1:28 ), and "confounded" ( Isaiah 1:29 ); but there will be some on whom the punishment will have a purifying power, whose dross it will purge away, and whom it will convert to God ( Isaiah 1:25 , Isaiah 1:27 ). From these will rise up a new Jerusalem—a "city of righteousness," a "faithful stronghold" ( Isaiah 1:26 ).