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Verse Isaiah 1:7. _YOUR COUNTRY_ IS _DESOLATE_] The description of
the ruined and desolate state of the country in these verses does not
suit with any part of the prosperous times of Uzziah and Jotha...
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YOUR COUNTRY IS DESOLATE - This is the literal statement of what he
had just affirmed by a figure. In this there was much art. The figure
Isaiah 1:6 was striking. The resemblance between a man severel...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
The reader will find that every chapter has been analyzed as to its
contents. We have not made copious annotations, because the three
lectures on the book of Isaiah as found a...
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Let heaven and earth hear with amazement Yahweh's complaint. He has
reared His people with the kindliest care, and _they_ (pathetic
emphasis) have repaid Him with unfilial ingratitude. Ox and ass find...
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DESOLATE. Occurs in "former" portion here, Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 17:9;
Isaiah 33:8. and in the "latter" portion, Isaiah 49:8;...
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YOUR COUNTRY, &C.— Or, _Your land is become a desolation: your
cities are burned with fire; your ground strangers eat up before you;
and the desolation is as if it were destroyed by an inundation._ Se...
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I.
PERVERSITY AND PROPHET - Chapter S 1 - 6
CHAPTER ONE
A. THE IMPEACHING ACCUSATION
1.
CONTROVERSY DECLARED Isaiah 1:1-20
a. JEHOVAH'S COMPLAINT
TEXT: Isaiah 1:1-9
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The vision of Isaiah the so...
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Your 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. YOUR COUNTRY IS DESOLATE, YOUR CITIES (ARE...
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AS OVERTHROWN BY STRANGERS] lit. 'as an overthrow of strangers,' i.e.
(_a_) as an overthrow wrought by strangers, or (_b_) as when strangers
(whom God cares not for) are overthrown....
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JEHOVAH'S ARRAIGNMENT OF HIS PEOPLE
This chapter is general in character, and much of it (e.g. Isaiah
1:10) might refer to almost any period. This general character of the
prophecy renders it especial...
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YOUR COUNTRY IS DESOLATE... — It is natural to take the words as
describing the actual state of things when the prophet wrote. There
had been such invasions in the days of Ahaz, in which Israel and Sy...
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אַרְצְכֶ֣ם שְׁמָמָ֔ה עָרֵיכֶ֖ם
שְׂרֻפֹ֣ות אֵ֑שׁ אַדְמַתְכֶ֗ם...
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CHAPTER I
THE ARGUMENT OF THE LORD AND ITS CONCLUSION
Isaiah 1:1 -His General Preface
THE first chapter of the Book of Isaiah owes its position not to its
date, but to its character. It was publishe...
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THE INGRATITUDE OF A FAVORED NATION
Isaiah 1:1-9
This chapter forms the preface to the prophecies of Isaiah. It is a
clear and concise statement of the points at issue between Jehovah and
His people....
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Isaiah was a prophet to Judah. He exercised his ministry wholly within
her borders, and with a view to her correction and comfort. His
burdens of the nations were uttered concerning those nations whic...
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Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire: your
land, foreigners devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as
overthrown by (n) foreigners.
(n) Meaning, of them who dwell...
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_Sad. This was spoken after Ozias had given way to pride, when the
Ammonites, &c., began to disturb Juda, (4 Kings xv. 37., and 2
Paralipomenon xxvii. 7.) under Joathan, who was a good prince, but
you...
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How affecting are these verses! It is as if God paused over the state
of his church. Their sin, like an epidemic disease, was universal. It
did not break out in one or two instances of transgression;...
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7._Your country is desolate _Literally, it is _desolation_; and thus
Isaiah goes on to speak more fully and plainly of what he had already
said figuratively about chastisements, that the country has b...
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Isaiah 1 begins with a testimony to the sad condition of the people.
They were all wounds and corruption. It was useless to chastise them
any more. Their ceremonies were an abomination to Jehovah. He...
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YOUR COUNTRY [IS] DESOLATE,.... Or "shall be"; this is either a
declaration in proper terms of what is before figuratively expressed,
or rather a prophecy of what would be their case on account of
tra...
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Your 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.
Ver. 7. _Your country is desolate._]...
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_Your country is desolate_ “The description of the ruined and
desolate state of the country, in these verses,” says Bishop Lowth,
“does not suit with any part of the prosperous times of Uzziah and
Jot...
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THE DESOLATION OF ZION...
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Your country is desolate, it has been made a desert by the inroads of
the enemies, YOUR CITIES ARE BURNED WITH FIRE, laid waste by
plundering hordes; YOUR LAND, STRANGERS DEVOUR IT IN YOUR PRESENCE,
t...
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AS OVERTHROWN BY STRANGERS:
_ Heb._ as the overthrow of strangers...
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1-9 Isaiah signifies, "The salvation of the Lord;" a very suitable
name for this prophet, who prophesies so much of Jesus the Saviour,
and his salvation. God's professing people did not know or consi...
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All this and what follows was verified in the days of king Ahaz, 2CH
28, in whose time, and upon which occasion, this prophecy seems to
have been delivered, as more exactly agreeing with that time tha...
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Isaiah 1:7 country H776 desolate H8077 cities H5892 burned H8313
(H8803) fire H784 Strangers H2114 (H8801) devour...
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HE CALLS ON CREATION TO BE AWARE OF GOD'S JUDGMENT ON HIS PEOPLE
(ISAIAH 1:2).
The book begins with a chiasmus, a pattern which had been commonly
used in the Pentateuch, and which has also been depic...
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THE MAJORITY ARE LIKE SODOM AND GOMORRAH (ISAIAH 1:4).
Isaiah now describes the condition of Judah, which would include
refugees from Israel. This can be analysed as follows:
a Ah, sinful nation, a p...
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ISAIAH OUTLINES THE MESSAGE HE IS BRINGING (ISAIAH 1:1).
This introductory message is also presented in balanced chiastic form.
a He calls on Creation to be aware of God's judgment on His people
(Is...
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Isaiah 1:2. _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. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his
ma...
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Isaiah 1:1. _The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, 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...
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May we be instructed of the Holy Ghost while we read this inspired
Scripture!
Isaiah 1:1. _The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, which he saw_
Prophets were called seers, they saw what they were cal...
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This is a chapter which, I think, teaches an important lesson to those
of us who desire the salvation of men, for it shows us how God sets
about that work. He begins by exhibiting the sinner's sin to...
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Isaiah 1:1. _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._
During the time in which Isaiah prop...
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CONTENTS: Charge against Israel for their ingratitude and
degeneration. Call to repentance and reformation.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: The backslidings of those who have professed relations...
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Isaiah 1:1. _The vision._ What the prophet saw with the eyes of his
mind, concerning the state of Judah and Jerusalem, his ministry being
chiefly confined to the kingdom of Judea.
_Isaiah, the son of...
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_Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken_
GOD FINDS VINDICATION IN NATURE
I well remember two funerals going out of my house within a few brief
months during my residence in...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 1:1 Introduction: “Ah, Sinful Nation!” The
prophet rebukes God’s people and calls them to obey God’s word. He
promises miraculous grace beyond judgment....
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TOTAL DEPRAVITY
Isaiah 1:5. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From
the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it;
but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores;...
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PART I.—EARLIER PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH (CH. 1-35.)
SECTION I.—THE GREAT ARRAIGNMENT (Isaiah 1:1.).
EXPOSITION
Isaiah 1:1
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The book of Isaiah is a marvelous book of prophecy. Of course, it is
the longest book of prophecy in the Bible, and it would seem that God
gave to Isaiah a clearer vision of the redemptive work of Jes...
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2 Chronicles 28:16; 2 Chronicles 28:5; Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy
28:43;...
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In your presence — Which your eye shall see to torment you, when
there is no power in your hands to deliver you. As — Heb. as the
overthrow of strangers, that is, which strangers bring upon a land
whi...