Isaiah 1:17

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:16-18

Isaiah 1:16-18 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 of the demand. It is for a reformation of practice. Put in one word, it is Reform. This is the one Divine call to fallen man. At one time it is an old commandment, at another a new one. Whether it be faith or love, hope or patience, that are enjoined, they are all to issue in the moral elevation of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 1:10-17

DISCOURSE: 858THE SERVICE WHICH ALONE IS PLEASING TO GODIsaiah 1:10-17. 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 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. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Bring no more... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 1:1-31

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 Jesus Christ than any other of the Old Testament prophets. He writes much concerning the Messiah that is to come.In the first verse he tells us the historical time of his prophecies, beginning when Uzziah was king of Judah, which puts it about 760 BC. And he lived through the succeeding reigns of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 1:1-31

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 Amos, not the prophet Amos, but a nobleman of Judah, who had married the sister of king Amaziah, as is recorded in Zeder ôlam, a Hebrew book. He was therefore first cousin of king Azariah, whom he calls Uzziah, chap. 6. He prophesied in the reign of the four kings, Uzziah, Jothan, Ahaz, and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 1:2-31

Isaiah 1:2-31Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spokenGod finds vindication in natureI well remember two funerals going out of my house within a few brief months during my residence in London.There were cards sent by post and left at the door, in all kindliness; but one dark night when my grief overwhelmed me I looked at some of the cards and could find no vibration of sympathy there. I had not felt the touch of the hand that sent them. I went out into the storm that... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 1:16-17

Isaiah 1:16-17Cease to do evil; learn to do wellAn inoffensive lifeThe order in which these words are placed, was evidently designed to teach us, that the foundation of acting right is avoiding everything wrong.Several other parts of Scripture lay down the same rule in almost the same terms (Psalms 34:14; Psalms 37:27; Am Romans 12:9; 1 Peter 3:11); and many express or imply the same doctrine, putting repentance before faith and obedience (Mt Mark 1:15; Acts 20:21; Titus 2:12-13). Even heathen... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:17

Isa 1:17 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 Jerusalem, lest God’s soul depart from thee." Jer 6:8 Deliver thyself wholly up to his discipline; religion is the best learning - Philosophia sacra; to know Christ and him crucified is as much as St Paul cared for; Deum cognoscere et colere to know and honour God, is the whole duty of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 1:17

seek: Isaiah 1:23, Psalms 82:3, Psalms 82:4, Proverbs 31:9, Jeremiah 22:3, Jeremiah 22:15, Jeremiah 22:16, Daniel 4:27, Micah 6:8, Zephaniah 2:3, Zechariah 7:9, Zechariah 7:10, Zechariah 8:16 relieve: or, righten Reciprocal: Exodus 22:22 - General Leviticus 25:14 - General Deuteronomy 10:18 - doth Deuteronomy 16:19 - wrest Deuteronomy 25:1 - General Job 22:9 - widows Psalms 34:14 - Depart Psalms 37:27 - Depart Proverbs 29:14 - king Isaiah 11:4 - reprove Isaiah 16:3 - execute Jeremiah... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.Learn — Begin to live soberly, righteously, and godly.Judgment — Shew your religion to God, by practising justice to men.Judge — Defend and deliver them. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 1:17

17. Seek judgment Better, the concrete word, justice. As rulers and magistrates they had sought bribes rather than to do justice. Relieve the oppressed The verb means set right, or, make straight, the condition of him who has been unjustly dealt with. The same duty is enjoined in behalf of the fatherless, inexperienced orphans, and the helpless widow. Both of these were an easy prey to their rapaciousness. For both of these classes, oftener than for any others, does the Bible set... read more

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