Isaiah 1:18

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 1:16-20

Suggesting the only Way of Relief v. 16. Wash you, in a true and thorough cleansing of the heart, make you clean, namely, from the polluting effect of their wicked behavior; put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, so that it will no longer be within the range of His vision, these three admonitions being the negative demands made by the Lord; cease to do evil, withdrawing from its influence, overcoming it by a steady wrestling against its influence; v. 17. learn to do well,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 1:1-31

1. THE TITLEIsaiah 1:11The 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.TEXTUAL AND GRAMMATICALIsaiah 1:1. &חזה אשׁר חזה is the proper word for prophetic seeing in the double sense named below; whence הֹזֶה is used synonymously with &רֹאֶה נָבִיא (1 Samuel 9:9; 2 Kings 17:13). Thence also the expressions הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר חָזָה Isaiah 2:1; דִּבְרֵי אֲשֶׁר חָזָה Amos 1:1; דְּבַר י׳ אֲשֶׁר... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah 1:16-20

Isaiah THE GREAT SUIT: JEHOVAH VERSUS JUDAH Isa_1:1 - Isa_1:9 ; Isa_1:16 - Isa_1:20 . The first bars of the great overture to Isaiah’s great oratorio are here sounded. These first chapters give out the themes which run through all the rest of his prophecies. Like most introductions, they were probably written last, when the prophet collected and arranged his life’s labours. The text deals with the three great thoughts, the leit-motifs that are sounded over and over again in the prophet’s... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 1:10-20

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 1:17 ; Isaiah 1:21-23 . What may be called personal and private sins, such as drunkenness, vanity, bribery, and the oppression of the poor, are viewed in their public hearing, as bringing wrath and disaster on the whole nation. No man can sin by himself. His most private sins react on the whole... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 1:1-31

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 which surrounded Judah, and had harassed her. His outlook was world-wide, and inclusive of the whole purpose of God. Profoundly conscious of the purpose of God that through His people all peoples should be blessed, he saw through all the processes of judgment the ultimate blessing of the whole earth. ... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 1:18

A WONDERFUL CLEANSING‘Sins … as scarlet … white as snow.’ Isaiah 1:18 A florist told me that the flowers for which he had the largest sales were white flowers, as these were very fashionable. Have we not had a winter which harmonises with the prevailing fashion? For weeks the snowflakes have been going and returning. I. If you want to realise the whiteness of the snow, try and paint it.—Take a few flakes, and make of them a snow-study and then open your paint-box. You will find you have no... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:1-31

Isaiah Outlines The Message He Is Bringing (Isaiah 1:1-31 ). 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 (Isaiah 1:2-3). b The description of Judah and Jerusalem’s present state, they are almost like Sodom and Gomorrah (Isaiah 1:3-9) c What God has against His people is that their outward religion is not matched by inner response (Isaiah 1:10-15). c The inner response that God requires is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:16-20

The Response That God Requires (Isaiah 1:16-20 ). What God requires of them is a complete change of heart and a renewing of their lives. Analysis. a “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean, Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes” (Isaiah 1:16 a). b “Cease to do evil, learn to do well, Seek justice, restrain the oppressor, Obtain justice for the fatherless, plead for the widow” (Isaiah 1:16-17) c “Come now and let us reason together,” Says Yahweh, “Though your sins be as... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:18-20

Isaiah 1:18-Proverbs : . Perhaps an independent oracle, or even two ( Isaiah 1:18 and Isaiah 1:19 f.); the date is quite uncertain. According to the usual view Yahweh challenges Israel to a lawsuit, that His righteousness may be vindicated and its guilt clearly seen. But it is not certain that a legal process is implied. Nor is Isaiah 1:18 clear. It may be a gracious invitation (so RV), it may be sarcastic (let them be white as snow!), or an indignant question. The last is grammatically... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us reason together; I am willing to lay aside my prerogative, and to submit the matter to a fair and equal trial, whether I do not deal justly in rejecting all your services, which are accompanied with such gross hypocrisy and wickedness, and whether I do not deal very graciously in offering mercy and pardon to you upon these conditions. Though your sins be as scarlet, red and bloody, as theirs were, Isaiah 1:15, great and heinous, they shall be as white as snow; they shall be... read more

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