George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 1:16
Wash. Interiorly. (Calmet) --- He seems to allude to baptism. (Eusebius) (Theodoret)
Wash. Interiorly. (Calmet) --- He seems to allude to baptism. (Eusebius) (Theodoret)
Verse Isaiah 1:16. _WASH YOU_] Referring to the preceding verse, "your hands are full of blood;" and alluding to the legal washing commanded on several occasions. See Leviticus 14:8-3; Leviticus 14:47...
WASH YOU - This is, of course, to be understood in a moral sense; meaning that they should put away their sins. Sin is represented in the Scriptures as defiling or polluting the soul Ezekiel 20:31; Ez...
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 a...
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...
EVIL. _Heb ra_ 'a _._ App-44....
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...
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...
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; WASH YOU, MAKE YOU CLEAN. God saith to the sinner. WASH YOU ..., that he finding his inability...
17. Condition of acceptance with God....
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 *Jerus...
WASH YOU, MAKE YOU CLEAN... — The words were probably as an echo of Psalms 51:7. Both psalmist and prophet had entered into the inner meaning of the outward ablutions of ritual. CEASE TO DO EVIL; (17)...
רַחֲצוּ֙ הִזַּכּ֔וּ הָסִ֛ירוּ רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם מִ...
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...
(y) Wash ye, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; (y) By this outward washing, he means the spiritual: exhorting the Jews to repent and amend...
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....
16._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 obedience approved by God. Hence we conclude that nothing can...
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...
WASH YE, MAKE YOU CLEAN, C. These two words are to be regarded as one, since they intend the same thing, and suppose the persons spoken to to be unclean, as they were, notwithstanding their legal sacr...
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Ver. 16. _Wash ye, make ye clean._] "Wash your hearts from wickedness, that ye may be saved"; Jer 4...
_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...
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...
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...
MAKE YOU CLEAN; cleanse your hearts and hands from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, and do not content yourselves with your ceremonial washings. PUT AWAY THE EVIL OF YOUR DOINGS FROM BEFORE MINE EY...
Isaiah 1:16 Wash H7364 (H8798) clean H2135 (H8690) away H5493 (H8685) evil H7455 doings H4611 before...
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...
THE RESPONSE THAT GOD REQUIRES (ISAIAH 1:16). 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 th...
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 o...
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...
Isaiah 1:1. _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._ During the time in which Isaiah prop...
May we be instructed of the Holy Ghost while we read this inspired Scripture! Isaiah 1:1. _The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, which he saw_ Prophets were called seers, they saw what they were cal...
Isaiah 1:2. _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. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his ma...
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 relations...
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...
_Cease to do evil; learn to do well_ AN INOFFENSIVE LIFE The order in which these words are placed, was evidently designed to teach us, that the foundation of acting right is avoiding everything wro...
_Wash you, make you clean_ REPENTANCE NECESSARY AND POSSIBLE Two things are necessarily to be acknowledged to encourage endeavours after piety. 1. To be assured that God will not be wanting to affo...
_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....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 1:10 God rejects his people’s worship, however extravagant, because they use it as an excuse not to help the weak. ⇐...
MORAL ABLUTION Isaiah 1:16. _Wash you, make you clean_. This is one of a very numerous class of passages which summon sinners to the duty of moral purification, of thorough and complete reformation o...
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; and...
PART I.—EARLIER PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH (CH. 1-35.) SECTION I.—THE GREAT ARRAIGNMENT (Isaiah 1:1.). EXPOSITION Isaiah 1:1
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...
1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 3:11; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Acts 22:16; Amos 5:15;...
Wash — Cleanse your hearts and hands....