-
Verse Isaiah 1:17. _RELIEVE THE OPPRESSED _- "Amend _that which is
corrupted_"] אשרו חמוץ asheru chamots. In rendering this
obscure phrase I follow _Bochart_, (_Hieroz_. Part i., lib. ii., cap.
7.,) t...
-
LEARN TO DO WELL - , To learn here is to become accustomed to, to
practice it. To do well stands opposed to all kinds of evil. “Seek
judgment.” The word “judgment” - משׁפט _mishpâṭ_ - here
means jus...
-
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...
-
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...
-
FATHERLESS. WIDOW. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species),
for all kinds of helpless and bereaved persons....
-
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...
-
RELIEVE THE OPPRESSED— Or, _Reform what is amiss._ Bochart....
-
b. JEHOVAH'S CORRECTION
TEXT: Isaiah 1:10-17
10
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of
our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
11
What unto me is the multitude of your sac...
-
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the
fatherless, plead for the widow.
SEEK JUDGMENT - justice, as magistrates, instead of seeking bribes (;
).
JUDGE (VINDICATE) THE...
-
1:17 gladden (f-7) Others, 'set right,' or 'guide.' to (g-12) Or, as
ver. 23, 'judge.'...
-
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...
-
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 *Jerusa...
-
RELIEVE THE OPPRESSED. — More accurately, _correct the oppressor._
The prophet calls on the rulers not merely to acts of benevolence, but
to the courageous exercise of their authority to restrain the...
-
לִמְד֥וּ הֵיטֵ֛ב דִּרְשׁ֥וּ
מִשְׁפָּ֖ט אַשְּׁר֣וּ חָמֹ֑וץ
שִׁפְט֣וּ יָתֹ֔ום רִ֖יבוּ
אַלְמָנָֽה׃ ס...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Learn to (z) do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the
fatherless, plead for the widow.
(z) This kind of reasoning by the second table, the scriptures use in
many places against the hy...
-
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....
-
17._Learn to do well _As he had just now, ill enjoining them to _cease
to do evil_, charged them with the continual practice of iniquity as
if he had said that their whole life was a constant habit of...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the
fatherless, plead for the widow.
Ver. 17. _Learn to do well._] Turn over a new leaf, take out a new
lesson. "Be thou instructed, O Je...
-
_Wash ye, make you clean_ Repent, and do works meet for repentance:
cleanse your hearts and hands from all filthiness of flesh and spirit,
and do not content yourselves with your ceremonial washings....
-
SUGGESTING THE ONLY WAY OF RELIEF...
-
RELIEVE:
Or, righten...
-
16-20 Not only feel sorrow for the sin committed, but break off the
practice. We must be doing, not stand idle. We must be doing the good
the Lord our God requires. It is plain that the sacrifices of...
-
LEARN TO DO WELL; begin and inure yourselves to live soberly,
righteously, and godly. SEEK JUDGMENT; show your religion to God, by
studying and practising justice to men, and neither give nor procure...
-
Isaiah 1:17 Learn H3925 (H8798) good H3190 (H8687) Seek H1875 (H8798)
justice H4941 Rebuke H833 (H8761) oppressor H2541 Defend H8199 (H8798)
fatherless H3490 Plead H7378 (H8798) widow H490
seek - Isa...
-
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...
-
Isaiah 1:16
As early then as the time of Isaiah we find the doctrine of the
reformation of character dependent on forgiveness of sin distinctly
taught.
Consider:
I. The demand made. (1) The nature...
-
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...
-
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 relation...
-
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...
-
_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...
-
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.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docum...
-
TRUE AND FALSE RELIGION
Isaiah 1:11; Isaiah 1:16. _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; an...
-
PART I.—EARLIER PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH (CH. 1-35.)
SECTION I.—THE GREAT ARRAIGNMENT (Isaiah 1:1.).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 1:1
TITLE OF THE WORK. It is questioned whether the title can be regarded
as Isai...
-
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...
-
Daniel 4:27; Isaiah 1:23; Jeremiah 22:15; Jeremiah 22:16; Jeremiah
22:3; Micah 6:8; Proverbs 31:9; Psalms 82:3; Psalms 82:4; Zechariah
7:10;...
-
Learn — Begin to live soberly, righteously, and godly. Judgment —
Shew your religion to God, by practising justice to men. Judge —
Defend and deliver them....