Isaiah 48:1

ISAIAH CHAPTER 48 God reproveth their hypocrisy and obstinacy by his prophecies, Isaiah 48:1. He spareth them for his name's sake, and that they may learn to know him aright, Isaiah 48:9. God's powerful salvation a motive to obedience, Isaiah 48:12. God lamenteth their backwardness, Isaiah 48:16. Deliverance out of Babylon, Isaiah 48:20,21. No peace to the wicked, Isaiah 48:22. Hear ye this, what I am now going to say against thee, that thou mayst be assured that that great deliverance which I have determined and declared to give time is not for thy own sake, but for my name's sake. Which are called by the name of Israel; which are Israelites in name, but not in truth, as it follows. Out of the waters of Judah; from the lineage of your progenitor, Judah, as waters flow from a fountain, and as the Israelites are said to be of the fountain of Israel, Psalms 68:26. Compare also Deuteronomy 33:28 Proverbs 5:15, &c. Which swear; which profess the true religion; one act of religion being put for all. Make mention of the God of Israel; either in oaths or otherwise; that own him and seek to glory in him as their God, and call themselves by his name. But not in truth, nor in righteousness; which are the two chief ingredients of a lawful oath, Jeremiah 4:2. They are guilty of falsehood and injustice, both in oaths, and in their whole conversation.