Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 1:26
Thy counsellors — Thy princes shall hearken to wise and faithful counsellors. Called faithful — Thou shalt be such.
Thy counsellors — Thy princes shall hearken to wise and faithful counsellors. Called faithful — Thou shalt be such.
Verse Isaiah 1:26. _I WILL RESTORE_] "This," says _Kimchi_, "shall be in the days of the Messiah, in which all the wicked shall cease, and the remnant of Israel shall neither do iniquity, nor speak li...
AND I WILL RESTORE ... - That is, I will give you such judges as the nation had in former days - in the times of Moses, Joshua, etc. Most of the charges in this chapter are against the magistrates. Th...
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...
A complete poem, of uncertain date, in elegiac rhythm. How has the city once loyal to Yahweh become faithless to her husband! Her silver has become dross, her wine adulterated. Her princes rebel again...
JUDGES AS. T THE FIRST. Reference to Pentateuch Exodus 18:16. FAITHFUL. Compare Isaiah 1:21....
b. THE RESULTS OF JUDGMENT, A CLEANSED CITY TEXT: Isaiah 1:24-31 24 Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mi...
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. I WILL RESTORE THY JUDGES AS AT...
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...
Now God will appoint other leaders, as he did long ago. That happened when David made *Jerusalem his capital (see 2 Samuel 5:9). He appointed true men of God as leaders (see 2 Samuel 8:17-18)....
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...
I WILL RESTORE THY JUDGES AS AT THE FIRST. — The prophet looks back to the good old days, the time probably of David, or the early years of Solomon (1 Kings 10:9) — as Englishmen look back to those of...
וְ אָשִׁ֤יבָה שֹׁפְטַ֨יִךְ֙ כְּ בָ † רִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה...
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...
A NATION PURGED OF DROSS BY DISASTER Isaiah 1:21-31 The great lover of our souls does not abandon His people even when they spurn the first overtures of His appealing pity. Though they refuse to yiel...
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...
(l) And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. (l) It is once the work of Go...
_Judges. The Jews explain this of the judges, and priests, who governed after the captivity; though it refer rather to the apostles, &c. (St. Jerome) (Worthington)_...
How very blessed is it to behold divine grace triumphing over human transgression: and the Lord who alone can reform, graciously exercising his love in a way of reformation over his people. And, Reade...
26._And I will restore thy judges as at the first _He now speaks without a figure; and having said that the source and origin of the evils was in the princes, he shows that a divine hand will purify t...
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...
AND I WILL RESTORE THY JUDGES AS AT THE FIRST,.... This refers not to the times after the Babylonish, captivity, when the Jews had judges and rulers, such as Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, as they had in th...
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. Ver. 26. _And I will restore._] B...
_And I will turn my hand upon thee_ I will chastise thee again, and thereby reform thee: or, I will do that for the reviving of religion, which I did at first for the planting of it. _And purge away t...
and I will restore thy judges as at the first, men possessing the integrity of the original days, AND THY COUNSELORS AS AT THE BEGINNING, in the golden period of Israel's history. AFTERWARD THOU SHALT...
The Lord's Complaint against Jerusalem...
21-31 Neither holy cities nor royal ones are faithful to their trust, if religion does not dwell in them. Dross may shine like silver, and the wine that is mixed with water may still have the colour...
I WILL RESTORE THY JUDGES, I will give thee such princes and magistrates, AS AT THE FIRST, Heb. _as thou hadst in the beginning_; either, 1. Of thy commonwealth, such as Moses and Joshua; or, 2. Of t...
Isaiah 1:26 restore H7725 (H8686) judges H8199 (H8802) first H7223 counselors H3289 (H8802) beginning H8462 Afterward
GOD'S PURPOSE FOR THE FUTURE (ISAIAH 1:21). The call having been made to Israel for response, God describes their present state and guarantees that in the end He will bring their transformation about...
THE GREAT CLEAN UP (ISAIAH 1:24). God now speaks. Without His action there would be no hope and no future, but He declares His intention to act in sovereign power and bring about that deliverance. Fin...
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...
THY JUDGES Under the kingdom the ancient method of administering the theocratic government over Israel is to be restored. Compare (Judges 2:18); (Matthew 19:28)....
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...
_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...
_And l will turn My hand upon thee_ TRUE REFORMATION THE WORK OF GOD I. THE REFORMATION OF A PEOPLE IS GOD’S OWN WORK. II. HE DOTH IT BY BLESSING THEM WITH GOOD MAGISTRATES AND GOOD MINISTERS OF ST...
_And I will restore thy Judges as at the first_ A GRAND IDEAL Two things are noteworthy in this passage. 1. The ideal is political. The salvation of Israel is secured when all public offices are fi...
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 1:24 THE LORD... THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE MIGHTY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on 1 Sam. 1:3. God’s judgment on his people is not the end of the story. The purpose of judgm
THE DIVINE IDEA OF REDEMPTION Isaiah 1:25. _And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy couns...
THE PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT Isaiah 1:24. Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: and I will tur...
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 Samuel 12:2; Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:24; E