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Verse Isaiah 1:23. _COMPANIONS OF THIEVES _- "Associates"] The
_Septuagint,_ _Vulgate_, and four MSS., read חברי _chabrey_
without the conjunction ו _vau_....
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THY PRINCES ... - This is an explanation of the previous verse.
Princes mean here those attached to the royal family; those who by
rank, or office, had an influence over the people.
REBELLIOUS - Agai...
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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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A complete poem, of uncertain date, in elegiac rhythm. How has the
city once loyal to Yahweh become faithless to her husband! Her silver
has become dross, her wine adulterated. Her princes rebel again...
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THY PRINCES, &C _._ Figure of speech _Hermeneia_. Interpreting the
Figures of speech _Hypocatastasis_ in Isaiah 1:22.
PRINCES ARE REBELLIOUS. _Sarim sorerim_, not. "pun", but the Figure of
speech _Pa...
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2. THE JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED Isaiah 1:21-31
a. REASON FOR JUDGMENT, THE CORRUPT CITY
TEXT: Isaiah 1:21-23
21
How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of
justice! righteousness lodg...
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Thy 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.
THY P...
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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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COMPANIONS OF THIEVES] i.e. conniving at miscarriage of justice: cp.
Micah 7:3....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 1
WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT
V1 Messages about Judah and *Jerus...
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True religion is a relationship of love with God. That love for God
will affect all people’s relationships with each other. Water that
someone adds to *wine affects all the *wine. So lack of love for...
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THY PRINCES ARE REBELLIOUS. — The Hebrew words present an
alliterative paronomasia (_sârim, sôrerîm_)_,_ which may be
represented by “Thy rulers are rebels.” Here, as before, we note
the “influence of...
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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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A NATION PURGED OF DROSS BY DISASTER
Isaiah 1:21-31
The great lover of our souls does not abandon His people even when
they spurn the first overtures of His appealing pity. Though they
refuse to yiel...
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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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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)...
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Under these figures of speech, are represented the sad fall of our
nature. It forms in language a beautiful, though in reality, an awful
account. But, Reader, painful as it is to know, yet it is profi...
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23._Thy princes are rebellious _There is here an elegant allusion or
play on words. (28) He does not speak of _princes _in such a manner as
if the common people were holy and needed no reproof, but he...
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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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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...
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Thy 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.
Ver. 2...
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_Thy silver is become dross_ Thou art wofully degenerated from thy
former purity. _Thy wine mixed with water_ If there be any remains of
religion and virtue in thee, they are mixed with many and great...
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thy princes are rebellious, obstinately opposing God and His covenant,
AND COMPANIONS OF THIEVES, thinking only of ways and means to satisfy
their greed; EVERY ONE LOVETH GIFTS, expecting bribes, AND...
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The Lord's Complaint against Jerusalem...
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21-31 Neither holy cities nor royal ones are faithful to their trust,
if religion does not dwell in them. Dross may shine like silver, and
the wine that is mixed with water may still have the colour...
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THY PRINCES ARE REBELLIOUS AGAINST ME, their sovereign Lord; they cast
off my yoke, and make their own wills and lusts the rule of their life
and government. COMPANIONS OF THIEVES; partly by giving th...
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Isaiah 1:23 princes H8269 rebellious H5637 (H8802) companions H2270
thieves H1590 loves H157 (H8802) bribes H7810 follo
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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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GOD'S PURPOSE FOR THE FUTURE (ISAIAH 1:21).
The call having been made to Israel for response, God describes their
present state and guarantees that in the end He will bring their
transformation about...
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A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THEIR STATE BEFORE GOD (ISAIAH 1:21).
Isaiah 1:21
‘How is the faithful city,
Become a prostitute?
She who was full of discerning judgment.
Righteousness lodged in her,
B...
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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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_Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water._
SILVER
The silver represents the princes and lords, viewed with reference to
the nobility of mind associated with their nobility of birth and...
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_Thy princes are rebellious. .. everyone loveth gifts_
REBELLIOUS PRINCES
Instead of suppressing rebellion, they were rebels themselves.
(_J. A. Alexander._)
THE REBELLIOUS PRINCES
I. THE PROFIT O...
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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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MORAL DECLENSION
Isaiah 1:21. _How is the faithful city become an harlot!_ [430] _It
was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers_
[433] Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mix...
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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 24:17; 2 Chronicles 36:14; Acts 4:5; Daniel 9:5; D
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Rebellious — Against me their sovereign Lord. Companions of thieves
— Partly by giving them connivance and countenance, and partly by
practising the same violence, and cruelty, and injustice that thie...