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Verse Isaiah 1:11. _TO WHAT PURPOSE, C._ - "What have I to do."] The
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"I hate, I despise your feasts
And I will not delight in th...
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TO WHAT PURPOSE - לי למה _lâmâh_ _lı̂y_. ‘What is it to
me; or what profit or pleasure can I have in them?’ God here replies
to an objection which might be urged by the Jews to the representation
wh...
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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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This connects admirably with Isaiah 1:9. By a fine transition Isaiah
intimates that it is no merit in the rulers which has averted Sodom's
fate. Let these lawless and shameless administrators listen t...
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TO WHAT PURPOSE, &C. Figure of speech _Synathraesmos_, in verses:
Isaiah 1:11. Also Figure of speech _Hypotyposis_, for emphasis, in
describing the hollowness of mere religious observances (as when
Ch...
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DISCOURSE: 858
THE SERVICE WHICH ALONE IS PLEASING TO GOD
Isaiah 1:10. Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear
unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha: To what purpose is the
mu...
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TO WHAT PURPOSE, &C.— This is a strong remonstrance against the
hypocritical services of the Jews; very plainly declaring to them,
that all external services, administered with a bad heart, so far fro...
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b. JEHOVAH'S CORRECTION
TEXT: Isaiah 1:10-17
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Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of
our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
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What unto me is the multitude of your sac...
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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 lam...
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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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I DELIGHT NOT] cp. Psalms 40:6; Psalms 51:16; Amos 5:21; Micah 6:7....
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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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‘I have had more than enough of their blood.’ Leviticus 17:11
declares that blood was essential for a *sacrifice to be acceptable.
That is, to have the result that God intended. But the people’s
prese...
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TO WHAT PURPOSE IS THE MULTITUDE OF YOUR SACRIFICES?... — Isaiah
carries on the great _catena_ of prophetic utterances as to the
conditions of acceptable worship (1 Samuel 15:22; Psalms 40:6; Psalms
5...
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לָמָּה ־לִּ֤י רֹב ־זִבְחֵיכֶם֙
יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה...
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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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RELIGION WITHOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS VAIN
Isaiah 1:10-20
The prophet points out, first the misery that had overtaken the
country, Isaiah 1:4-9; and then the sins of the ruling classes, Isaiah
1:10; Isaiah...
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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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To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices to me? saith the
LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed
beasts; and I (s) delight not in the blood of bulls, or of lam...
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_Victims. Without piety, they are useless. God tolerated bloody
victims to withdraw the people from idolatry, but he often shewed that
they were not of much importance, in order that they might be bro...
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I make no break in this address of the prophet. The whole forms but
one sermon, and a most striking one it is. I beg the reader to remark
with me the very pointed terms made use of by the man of God....
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11._To what purpose is he multitude of your sacrifices to me _? Isaiah
now introduces God as speaking, for the purpose of making known his
own meaning; for it belongs to a lawgiver not only to issue c...
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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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TO WHAT PURPOSE [IS] THE MULTITUDE OF YOUR SACRIFICES UNTO ME? SAITH
THE LORD,.... These people, though they neglected the weightier
matters of the law, and the more substantial duties of religion, as...
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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 la...
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_To what purpose, &c., your sacrifices unto me?_ Who am a Spirit, and
therefore cannot be satisfied with such carnal oblations, but expect
to be worshipped in spirit and in truth, and to have your hea...
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To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith the
Lord, for the people were still observing the letter of the Law with
great exactness, depending upon this outward fulfillment of...
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REBUKE OF HYPOCRITICAL WORSHIP...
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HE GOATS:
_ Heb._ great he goats...
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10-15 Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them
to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to
remove the punishment, and give them leave to go on in their sin...
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TO WHAT PURPOSE? they are vain and useless, being neither accepted by
me, nor beneficial to you. UNTO ME, who am a Spirit, and therefore
cannot be satisfied with such carnal oblations, but expect to b...
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WHAT GOD HAS AGAINST HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 1:10). GOD'S HATRED OF ANY
OUTWARD RELIGION WHICH IS NOT MATCHED BY INNER RESPONSE.
In these verses Isaiah stresses that there is little benefit in
continuing...
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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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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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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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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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_To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me?_
saith the Lord
HYPOCRISY AND PARTIALITY IN RELIGION
These words are not to be understood absolutely but comparatively, and
with respec...
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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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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 1:10 God rejects his people’s worship,
however extravagant, because they use it as an excuse not to help the
weak.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 1:11 SACRIFICES... BURNT OFFERINGS. Isaiah
criticizes the way people have disconnected the sacrifices from their
proper purpose. Apparently they were treating their worship as a...
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REJECTED SACRIFICES
Isaiah 1:11. _To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto
me? saith the Lord_.
Try to conceive what emotions would spring up in the breasts of the
men to whom these w...
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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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1 Samuel 15:22; Amos 5:21; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 6:20; Jeremiah 7:21;...
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To me — Who am a spirit, and therefore cannot be satisfied with such
carnal oblations, but expect to have your hearts and lives, as well as
your bodies and sacrifices, presented unto me. Blood — He me...
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Did the prophet Isaiah disavow the sacrificial system of Moses?
(See comments on Hosea 6:6)...