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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:16-20

Though God had rejected their services as insufficient to atone for their sins while they persisted in them, yet he does not reject them as in a hopeless condition, but here calls upon them to forsake their sins, which hindered the acceptance of their services, and then all would be well. Let them not say that God picked quarrels with them; no, he proposes a method of reconciliation. Observe here, I. A call to repentance and reformation: ?If you would have your sacrifices accepted, and your... read more

Matthew Henry

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 1:17

Learn to do well ,.... Which men are naturally ignorant of; to do good they have no knowledge; nor can they that are accustomed to do evil learn to do well of themselves; but the Lord can teach them to profit, and of him they should ask wisdom, and desire, under the influence of his grace, to learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, and particularly to do acts of beneficence to all men, and especially to the household of faith; and also, the following ones, seek judgment ; seek... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us reason, together, saith the Lord ,.... These words stand not in connection either with the preceding or following, but are to be read in a parenthesis, and are thrown in for the sake of the small remnant God had left among this wicked people, in order to comfort them, being distressed with sin. These, seeing their sins in their dreadful colours, and with all their aggravating circumstances, were ready to conclude that they were unpardonable; and, seeing God as an angry... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:19

If ye be willing and obedient ,.... The Targum adds, "to my Word": the Word made flesh, and dwelling among them; who would have gathered the inhabitants of Jerusalem to his ministry, to attend his word and ordinances, but their rulers would not: ye shall eat the good of the land ; the land of Canaan; as the Jews held the possession of that land, before the times of Christ, by their obedience to the laws of God, which were given them as a body politic, and which, so long as they observed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:20

But if ye refuse and rebel ,.... The Targum is, "and do not receive my Word"; the Messiah, when come, neither his person, nor his doctrines and ordinances: ye shall be devoured with the sword ; of the Roman armies, as they were under Titus Vespasian; see Matthew 22:7 . for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ; now, by Isaiah, as well as in former times, Leviticus 26:25 . 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:17

Relieve the oppressed "Amend that which is corrupted" - חמוץ אשרו asheru chamots . In rendering this obscure phrase I follow Bochart, (Hieroz. Part i., lib. ii., cap. 7), though I am not perfectly satisfied with this explication of it. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:16-20

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:20

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:17

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