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.
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Isaiah 1
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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.
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The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
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Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
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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.
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And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
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Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
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Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
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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 lambs, or of he goats.
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Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
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And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
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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.
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But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
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How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
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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.
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Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
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And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
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And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
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For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
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And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
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Chapter Study & Analysis
Overview
The Great Arraignment: Isaiah opens with a covenant lawsuit against Judah. The heavens and earth are called as witnesses to Israel's rebellion. Despite their religious ritualism, God demands heart-repentance, offering the promise of being washed white as snow or consumed by the sword.
THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
1. The Divine Lawsuit (Rib): God confronts legalistic piety that lacks social justice.2. Substitutionary Cleansing: Verse 18 is a foundational text: scarlet sins becoming white as snow through divine grace.
3. The Remnant (She’ar): Introduction of the very small remnant (v. 9) that prevents total destruction.
Practical Lessons
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. Authenticity in Worship: God detests vain oblations when the hands are full of blood.
2. Reasoning with God: The invitation to reason together shows that God's judgment is logically consistent.
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. Authenticity in Worship: God detests vain oblations when the hands are full of blood.2. Reasoning with God: The invitation to reason together shows that God's judgment is logically consistent.