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And this may be applied to the great gospel duty of submission to Christ. They were acting like His enemies. Abulpharagius, an Arabic writer, says {i}, he lived an hundred and twenty years, eighty five of which he prophesied. login instead. When sinners are under the judgments of God they will more easily be brought to fly to their devotions than to forsake their sins and reform their lives. (Matthew Henry), c. When you spread out your hands: This was the posture of prayer in that ancient culture. 16Wash(A) and make yourselves clean. You people of Gomorrah: 7 Beautiful Ways We Can Reflect on God During a Commute, Surround Yourself with the Right Team to Weather Lifes Storms. ii. i. Romans 8:22 says, For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord. What he states here is a universal truth. 3. b. I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against Me: The leaders and people of Judah were like rebellious children, who never appreciated all that their parents did for them. His goal was not to destroy; instead He says, I will restore. God will purify Jerusalem, to the point where Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city. c. The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master's crib; but Israel does not know: The leaders and people of Judah were not like dumb animals, such as the ox or the donkey. p. 265. This is the one Divine call to fallen man. Moreover, another reason of this book being placed first may be the bulk of it; it being larger, and containing more chapters, than any of the greater prophets, and almost as many as all the lesser prophets put together. about that work. In the time of Isaiah, Israel was a little nation often caught in the middle of the wars between three superpowers: Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon. Your silver has become dross, Isaiah 1:1 . The ox at least knows its owner, but Judah didnt know who owned them. fate. Sanct. {l} De Vitis Prophet. and Hezekiah, kings of Judah._ Hottinger. Salem Media Group. WebIsrael, Prophecies Concerning; Purity; Reasoning; Reward; Salvation; Sin; Snow; Will; Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom; Law of Moses; Thompson Chain Reference - ( Isaiah 1:1) Introduction: The vision of Isaiah, son of Amoz . Many eloquent, stirring, and emotional prayers were said. i. But, as Isaiah states in this passage, Jesus has offered to take sins that are as red as scarlet and make them as white as snow. Our best intentions or promises cant clean the stain. 1:10; Isaiah Isaiah was a prophet to Judah. WebTo wrong the wronger till he render right. ( Rape of Lucrece.) 295. The demand made. (ESV). any more. (H), 18Come now, let us settle the matter,(I)says the Lord.Though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;(J)though they are red as crimson,they shall be like wool.(K). Strangers devour your land in your presence; 8. since they intend the same thing, and suppose the persons spoken to to His courage is of such a nature that he never, not even for a moment, shows himself to be weak or timid. (Bultema). Both will burn together, Sacred trees played an important part in the Canaanite fertility cultfor deciduous trees like the oak or terebinth may well have symbolized the death and rebirth of the god. The brute beasts of the field know their master. Salem Media Group. They continued the sacrifices, they continued the burnt offerings, they continued offering the fat of fed cattle, they continued burning incense, they continued their assemblies and their sacred meetings and God was sick of them all. Creation is waiting for the deliverance that will come when the Messiah rules directly over all creation. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, The Northern Kingdom collapsed, under the hammerlike blows of Assyria, in 722/721 B.C., and in 701 Jerusalem itself saw the army of Sennacherib drawn up before its walls. 1:10) might refer to almost any period. Wash you, make you clean He exhorts the Jews to repentance, and points out the true way of it, provided that they wish to have their obe DISCOURSE: 858 THE SERVICE WHICH ALONE IS PLEASING TO GOD Isaiah 1:10-17 . See how the LORD describes His reaction to these religious rituals: I have had enoughbring no more futile sacrificesan abomination to Me. And the whole heart faints. Unless the LORD of hosts WebCease to do evil; either from ceremonial works done with a wicked mind, or from outward immoralities, such as shedding innocent blood, oppressing the fatherless and widow, The LORDs accusation against Jerusalem shows, by contrast, what God values among political and civil leaders. Now the city was filled with murderers, political corruption (Your princes are rebellious), thieves, fraud (Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water), bribes, and favoritism against the weak (They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come before them). Consider: I. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. WebWe must be doing the good the Lord our God requires. You have kept a place where the entertainment was so low, so grovelling, that you awoke the slumbering passions of evil in the minds of either young or old, and so you shall sink to hell with the blood of others on your head, as well as your own damnation, not with one millstone about your neck, but with many. All this may be true of you; yet God can forgive your sins and you can be made white as snow. country, Isaiah 1:4-9; and then the sins of the ruling classes, Isaiah 8. And there are more citations in the New Testament made out of this prophecy than any other book, excepting the book of Psalms, as Musculus observes. Isaiah 1:1. mind, concerning the state of Judah and Jerusalem, his ministry being He here continues the language, and addresses them as accustomed to the proceedings of courts, and proposes to submit the case as if on trial. Instead of praying with heads bowed and hands folded, they would pray with the face turned towards heaven and the hands spread out to heaven. And as a garden that has no water. learn to do good; When sin itself is removed in forgiveness, all its consequences, too, will soon vanish; and lightened of our burden, we shall feel free and ready to undertake the duties of the new life. So, heaven and earth have an interest in our obedience. Come now; the church is praying for you; these are revival times; ministers are more in earnest. (Spurgeon). a. degeneration. Quite the contrary, we find that Christians on their deathbed are trusting and loving God more than ever. It usually implies that He considers and deals with His people as His enemies.. 2 Like fluttering birds forced out of the nest, so are Moabs women at the fords of Arnon. Defend the oppressed. Come now, no season can be better. _Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath And take away all your alloy. This is a chapter which, I think, teaches an important lesson to those seek justice, Of course, it is The prophet is specifying what was necessary in order that their prayers might be heard, and that they might find acceptance with God. They are a trouble to Me, What a truly awe-inspiring thought that the God of the universe, the Creator, has called sinful humans to come to Him. Bava Bathra, fol. 3.) But they were empty, hollow, useless prayers, because God looked at Judah and said, Your hands are full of blood.. There is tremendous hope in Gods forgiveness! The superpower of Assyria was about to overwhelm the kingdom of Israel. The Lord does not deny the truth of what the sinner has confessed, but he says to him, Though your sins be as scarlet, I meet you on that ground. But He could not have made it unless it were just to do so; nor would He have made it unless it were possible for man to meet it. No human means will wash them out. ii. Some have thought that Amoz and the prophet Amos were the same person, but this seems unlikely. a. 17 Learn to do right; seek justice. In this sermon on Isaiah 1:1618 titled The Terms of Judgment, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones reminds of the incredible offer from God Himself to come before Him. iv. Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; Web1. Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries, It was with respect to this Scripture that the Jews in later times were wont to tie a scarlet thread to the head of the scapegoat, when he was sent into the wilderness; though at first they fastened it to the door of the outward porch, and then to the door of the inward porch, and, if it turned white, it was a sign their sins were forgiven them, but, if not, otherwise (k); and it is owned by them, that it belongs to future time, the time of the Messiah (l). \\See Gill on "He 11:37"\\. During the time in which Isaiah prop May we be instructed of the Holy Ghost while we read this inspired I have nourished and brought up children, Had left to us a very small remnant, Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. I well remember two funerals going out of my house within a few brief saith the Lord. How the faithful city has become a harlot! The Old Testament Dynast. Come now; for to-morrow thy heart may become harder than stone, and God may give thee up. {b} Ecclesiasticus, ch. THE RESPONSE THAT GOD REQUIRES (ISAIAH 1:16). II. Major Prophets True reason will drive any honest man to the humblest adoration and submission towards God. Come now; you may never have another warning; the heart may never be so tender as it is to-day. But we know that it comes because Jesus took upon Himself our stain of sin, and God judged sin perfectly and completely in Jesus, so we can be accounted white as snow and as white as wool. PUT AWAY THE EVIL OF YOUR DOINGS FROM BEFORE MINE EY Isaiah 1:16 Wash H7364 (H8798) clean H2135 (H8690) away H5493 (H8685) Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. What a waste that was! What nonsense! Le 16. The ground of the demand is the perversity of the human will. Isaiah 1:10-20 Because people have disobeyed Him, the punishment for their sins is just. Let these lawless and shameless administrators listen t DISCOURSE: 858 14. They shall be as white as snow; And take vengeance on My enemies. As wool - That is, as wool undyed, or from which the color is removed. Any animal is a more faithful servant of God than the best human. They were laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, and they had provoked the LORD to anger. They have forsaken the LORD, Both words point to the dyes of Tyre, and the words probably received a fresh emphasis from the fact that robes of these colours were worn by the princes to whom Isaiah preached (2Samuel 1:24). Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: ii. 4. The Gospels It was full of justice: The days of justice and righteousness were long past in Jerusalem. ii. The strong shall be as tinderboth will burn together: The LORD spoke here of the spiritual dryness of Judah. Israel had a civil war and remained divided into two nations, Israel (to the north) and Judah (to the south) up until the time of Isaiah. 1 Woe to the land of buzzing wings beyond the rivers of Cush, 2 which sends emissaries by sea, in swift craft across the water! He alone could transfigure them that they should be white as snow (Mark 9:3). Though your sins be as scarlet - The word used here - shanym - denotes properly a bright red color, much prized by the ancients. He did this by associating them with two cities synonymous with sin and judgment. Weba. GOD FINDS VINDICATION IN NATURE This color was less permanent than the scarlet; was of a bluish east; and is commonly in the English Bible rendered blue. b. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Proud member Wash and make yourselves clean. An audio library of the sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. (1) The nature of the demand. 15 And when ye spread forth your WebIsaiah chapter 1. There are at least seven men by the name of Isaiah in the Bible, but only one is Isaiah, the son of Amoz. Pauline Epistles The book of Isaiah is a marvelous book of prophecy. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. 1. V1 Messages about Judah and *Jerus WASH YOU, MAKE YOU CLEAN The words were probably as an echo of REPENTANCE NECESSARY AND POSSIBLE (1) The answer of nature. Webadvertisement advertisement advertisement advertisement advertisement Home Verse- by-Verse Bible Commentary Isaiah Chapter 1 Verse- by-Verse Bible Commentary & Isidor. Repentance is presupposed, before sin can be made white as snow (Isa 1:19, 20); it too is God's gift (Jer 31:18, Lam 5:21, Acts 5:31). Song of Solomon 8 Isaiah Isaiah 2. (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. Let us reason together - venivakechah from yakach, not used in Kal, but in Hiphil; meaning to show, to prove. He is the Mighty One of Israel, whom it is futile to oppose. they shall be as white as snow; Isaiah 1. Says the LORD. English Standard Version. wickedness, that ye may be saved"; Jer 4 _Wash ye, make you clean_ Repent, and do works meet for repentance: (a) To know if I accuse you without cause. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, We might think of heaven and earth as a jury that God presented the case before. That Isaiah was the writer of this book is not to be questioned; many of the prophecies in it are by name ascribed to him, \Mt 13:14 15:7 Joh 12:39\ Ro 10:20,21 though some others might be the compilers of it, collect his prophecies, and digest them in order: so the Jews say {h}, that Hezekiah and his company wrote Isaiah At what time, and in whose days he prophesied, may be learnt from Isa 1:1 by which it appears that he prophesied long, and lived to a good old age. To be assured that God will not be wanting to affo _Cease to do evil; learn to do well_ I am full of the burnt-offerings a. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha: To what purpose is the Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. i. The Response That God Requires ( Isaiah 1:16-20 ). Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. intimates that it is no merit in the rulers which has averted Sodom's What silences this, though, as Dr. Lloyd-Jones makes note, is the grace of Gods offer that follows this challenge. A power from without is absolutely necessary to enable man to meet the demand for reform. He is considered by many evangelical leaders today to be an authority on biblical truth and the sufficiency of Scripture. In addition to the MLJ Trusts collection of 1,600 of these sermons in audio format, most of these great sermon series are available in book form (including a 14 volume collection of the Romans sermons), as are other series such as "Spiritual Depression", "Studies in the Sermon on the Mount" and "Great Biblical Doctrines". In fact, 2 Chronicles 28:22 says, Now in the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to the LORD. How to meet God's demand for reform. They would find the hand of the LORD against them, instead of for them. cleanse your hearts and hands from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, scarletthe color of Jesus Christ's robe when bearing our "sins" (Mt 27:28). (k) T. Bab. The Hebrew verb romamti additionally alludes to being elevated to an exalted positionto possessing special duties or privileges compared to others of Gods children. The demand Historical Books Even in the midst of judgment, God showed His mercy to Judah. The Holy One of Israel, Web16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. THE ARGUMENT OF THE LORD AND ITS CONCLUSION i. Bultema on the LORD of hosts: Describes Him as the Warrior who has all the angels as mighty soldiers at His disposal in the battle against the wicked. WebA. As the old hymn communicates so poetically, there is a fountain filled with blood that is drawn from Emmanuels veins. Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Call to repentance and reformation. Webstop doing wrong. All rights reserved worldwide. Your cities are burned with fire; 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 Isaiah 1:1 . Cleanse yourselves. WebBrought them up. 2021 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik ewm@enduringword.com, The Whole Bible The LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, WebIsaiah 1:16-18 NIV. Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, Which To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? God wants the separation between you and He to be gone now. _The vision._ What the prophet saw with the eyes of his Our power of receiving impressions is under a directly opposite law from our power of practice. Instead, they had to be willing and obedient. Pentateuch This connects admirably with Isaiah 1:9. But it is here placed first, not because Isaiah prophesied before the other prophets; for Joel, Jonah, Hosea, and Amos, begun before him, namely, in or before the days of Jeroboam the Second; but because of the excellency of the matter contained in it.

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