Isa Isaiah, chapter Book of Isaiah, chapter 1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. Deu 32:1The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Deu 32:6Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.1.4 laden: Heb. of heaviness1.4 gone…: Heb. alienated, or, separatedIsa 30:9; Isa 57:3; Dan 9:5
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.1.5 revolt…: Heb. increase revolt Jer 2:30; Jer 4:19From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.1.6 ointment: or, oil Deu 28:35Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.1.7 overthrown…: Heb. the overthrow of Deu 28:51; Isa 5:5And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Lam 3:22; Rom 9:29; Gen 19:24; Jer 23:14
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.1.11 he goats: Heb. great he goats Pro 15:8; Isa 66:3; Jer 6:20; Amo 5:21When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?1.12 to appear: Heb. to be seen Jer 7:22Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.1.13 iniquity: or, grief Pro 21:27Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.1.15 make…: Heb. multiply prayer1.15 blood: Heb. bloodsPro 1:28; Jer 14:12; Ezk 8:18; Mic 3:4; Isa 59:3
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Psa 34:14; 1Pe 3:11Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.1.17 relieve: or, righten Psa 82:4Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isa 41:1; Isa 43:25; Isa 44:22If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: Lev 25:18But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Mat 23:34; Mat 23:37Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: Jer 6:30; Ezk 22:18Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. Hos 9:15; Exo 22:22; Jer 5:28; Zec 7:10Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:Deu 28:63
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:1.25 purely: Heb. according to pureness Isa 1:22; Mal 3:2And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. Jer 33:16Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.1.27 her…: or, they that return of her
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.1.28 destruction: Heb. breaking Job 31:3; Psa 1:6For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. Isa 65:3; Hos 4:13For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. Psa 1:3And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.1.31 maker…: or, and his workMal 4:1