Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 1:17
Learn — Begin to live soberly, righteously, and godly. Judgment — Shew your religion to God, by practising justice to men. Judge — Defend and deliver them.
Learn — Begin to live soberly, righteously, and godly. Judgment — Shew your religion to God, by practising justice to men. Judge — Defend and deliver them.
Verse Isaiah 1:17. _RELIEVE THE OPPRESSED _- "Amend _that which is corrupted_"] אשרו חמוץ asheru chamots. In rendering this obscure phrase I follow _Bochart_, (_Hieroz_. Part i., lib. ii., cap. 7.,) t...
LEARN TO DO WELL - , To learn here is to become accustomed to, to practice it. To do well stands opposed to all kinds of evil. “Seek judgment.” The word “judgment” - משׁפט _mishpâṭ_ - here means jus...
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...
FATHERLESS. WIDOW. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), for all kinds of helpless and bereaved persons....
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...
RELIEVE THE OPPRESSED— Or, _Reform what is amiss._ Bochart....
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...
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. SEEK JUDGMENT - justice, as magistrates, instead of seeking bribes (; ). JUDGE (VINDICATE) THE ...
1:17 gladden (f-7) Others, 'set right,' or 'guide.' to (g-12) Or, as ver. 23, 'judge.'...
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...
JUDGMENT] i.e. justice. RELIEVE THE OPPRESSED] RM 'set right the oppressor.'...
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...
RELIEVE THE OPPRESSED. — More accurately, _correct the oppressor._ The prophet calls on the rulers not merely to acts of benevolence, but to the courageous exercise of their authority to restrain the...
לִמְד֥וּ הֵיטֵ֛ב דִּרְשׁ֥וּ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט אַשְּׁר֣וּ חָמֹ֑וץ...
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...
Learn to (z) do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (z) This kind of reasoning by the second table, the scriptures use in many places against the hy...
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....
17._Learn to do well _As he had just now, ill enjoining them to _cease to do evil_, charged them with the continual practice of iniquity as if he had said that their whole life was a constant habit of...
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...
LEARN TO DO WELL,.... Which men are naturally ignorant of; to do good they have no knowledge; nor can they that are accustomed to do evil learn to do well of themselves; but the Lord can teach them to...
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 Je...
_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....
learn to do well, not the mere knowing, but the doing being emphasized; SEEK JUDGMENT, doing that which is right in the eyes of God, RELIEVE THE OPPRESSED, aiding them in obtaining justice, JUDGE THE...
SUGGESTING THE ONLY WAY OF RELIEF...
RELIEVE: Or, righten...
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...
LEARN TO DO WELL; begin and inure yourselves to live soberly, righteously, and godly. SEEK JUDGMENT; show your religion to God, by studying and practising justice to men, and neither give nor procure...
Isaiah 1:17 Learn H3925 (H8798) good H3190 (H8687) Seek H1875 (H8798) justice H4941 Rebuke H833 ...
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 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...
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...
_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. ⇐...
THE GREAT TASK Isaiah 1:17. _Learn to do well_. Negative goodness is not enough to meet the Divine requirements. Those who have “ceased to do evil” must “learn to do well.” God demands positive exce...
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...
Daniel 4:27; Isaiah 1:23; Jeremiah 22:15; Jeremiah 22:16; Jeremiah 2