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John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 1:18

1:18 Come now, {a} and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be {b} white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.(a) To know if I accuse you without cause.(b) Lest sinners should pretend any rigour on God’s part, he only wills them to be pure in heart, and he will forgive all their sins, no matter how many or great. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 1:19

1:19 If ye {c} are willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:(c) He shows that whatever adversity man endures, it ought to be attributed to his own incredulity and disobedience. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 1:21

1:21 How is the {d} faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now {e} murderers.(d) That is, Jerusalem, which had promised happiness to me, as a wife to her husband.(e) Given to covetousness and extortion, which he signified before by blood, Isaiah 1:15 . read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 1:22

1:22 Thy {f} silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:(f) Whatever was pure in you before, is now corrupt, though you have an outward show. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 1:23

1:23 Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of {g} thieves: every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come to them.(g) That is, they maintain the wicked and the extortioners: and not only do not punish them, but are themselves such. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 1:24

1:24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the {h} mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will {i} rid myself of my adversaries, and avenge me of my enemies:(h) When God will show himself merciful to his Church, he calls himself the Holy one of Israel, but when he has to do with his enemies, he is called Mighty, as against whom no power is able to resist.(i) I will take vengeance of my adversaries the Jews and so satisfy my desire by punishing them. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 1:25

1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, {k} and take away all thy tin:(k) Lest the faithful among them should be overcome with his threatening he adds this consolation. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 1:26

1:26 {l} And 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.(l) It is once the work of God to purify the heart of man, which he does because of his promise, made concerning the salvation of his Church. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 1:27

1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with {m} judgment, and her converts with righteousness.(m) By justice is meant God’s faithful promise, which is the reason for the deliverance of his Church. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:1-31

GENERAL DISCOURSES The first five chapters of Isaiah form a natural division, to which, for want of a better title, we give that of General Discourses, or messages. The first is limited to chapter 1, the second covers chapters 2-4, and the third chapter 5. But first notice the introduction, Isaiah 1:1 . By what word is the whole book described? What genealogy of the prophet is given? To which kingdom was he commissioned, Israel or Judah? In whose reigns did he prophesy? Examine 2 Kings,... read more

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