‘Heaven and earth’ (that is, everything that God created) are God’s witnesses. They know that God’s words are true. Nature obeys God’s instructions. Even a farmer’s animals are more intelligent than the people in Israel, who continue not to obey God’s instructions.
Verse Isaiah 1:2. _HEAR, O HEAVENS_ - "Hear, O ye heavens"] God is introduced as entering into a public action, or pleading, before the whole world, against his disobedient people. The prophet, as he...
HEAR, O HEAVENS - This is properly the beginning of the prophecy. It is a sublime commencement; and is of a highly poetic character. The heavens and the earth are summoned to bear witness to the apost...
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...
Let heaven and earth hear with amazement Yahweh's complaint. He has reared His people with the kindliest care, and _they_ (pathetic emphasis) have repaid Him with unfilial ingratitude. Ox and ass find...
HEAR, HEAVENS. Figure of speech _Apostrophe_. App-6. Reference to Pentateuch (App-92). It commences like the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:1. See notes, p. 283), and is the commentary on it. Note the...
DISCOURSE: 856 GOD’S COMPLAINT AGAINST HIS PEOPLE 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 again...
HEAR, O HEAVENS, &C.— We have observed, that this first part of the book of Isaiah is comprehended in five sermons to the Jews; the first of which is contained in this chapter, the second in the Chapt...
I. PERVERSITY AND PROPHET - Chapter S 1 - 6 CHAPTER ONE A. THE IMPEACHING ACCUSATION 1. CONTROVERSY DECLARED Isaiah 1:1-20 a. JEHOVAH'S COMPLAINT TEXT: Isaiah 1:1-9 1 The vision of Isaiah the so...
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. HEAR, O HEAVENS. The very words of Moses, Deuteronomy...
1:2 rebelled (a-23) Often 'transgressed,' as ch. 66.24. but has the force of 'rebellion.' It is transgression against authority to which one is rightfully subject. See 1 Kings 12:19 ....
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...
CHILDREN] Jehovah claimed Israel as His son at the exodus (Exodus 4:22)....
HEAR, O HEAVENS, AND GIVE EAR, O EARTH. — The prophet opens the great indictment by calling the universe to listen to it. The words remind us of Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuteronomy 32:1, but the thought wa...
שִׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ וְ הַאֲזִ֣ינִי אֶ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י...
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...
THE INGRATITUDE OF A FAVORED NATION Isaiah 1:1-9 This chapter forms the preface to the prophecies of Isaiah. It is a clear and concise statement of the points at issue between Jehovah and His people....
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...
Hear, O (d) heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up (e) children, and they have rebelled against me. (d) Because men were obstinate and insensible, h...
_Earth. He apostrophises these insensible things, (Calmet) because they contain all others, and are the most durable. (Theodoret) (Deuteronomy xxxi. 1.)_...
The prophet hath followed Moses, the man of God, in his sermon, in calling upon the several parts of the inanimate creation to listen to his discourse, Deuteronomy 32:1. There is a vast beauty, as wel...
2._Hear, O heavens _Isaiah has here imitated Moses, as all the prophets are accustomed to do; and there cannot be a doubt that he alludes to that illustrious Song of Moses, in which, at the very comme...
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...
HEAR, O HEAVENS, AND GIVE EAR, O EARTH,.... To what the Lord was about to say of his controversy with his people, which was to be managed openly and publicly before them as spectators and witnesses; t...
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. Ver. 2. _Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth._] _Exor...
_Hear, O heavens_, &c. “God is introduced as entering upon a solemn and public action, or pleading, before the whole world, against his disobedient people. The prophet, as herald, or officer, to procl...
THE ADDRESS...
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, the witnesses who were present at the giving of the Law, Deuteronomy 4:36, were to hear the complaint of the Lord, as He entered into judgment with His people a...
1-9 Isaiah signifies, "The salvation of the Lord;" a very suitable name for this prophet, who prophesies so much of Jesus the Saviour, and his salvation. God's professing people did not know or consi...
HEAR, O HEAVENS, AND GIVE EAR, O EARTH: he directeth his speech to these senseless creatures, that thereby he might more awaken and affect the Israelites, whom he hereby proclaimeth to be so dull and...
Isaiah 1:2 Hear H8085 (H8798) heavens H8064 ear H238 (H8685) earth H776 LORD H3068 spoken H1696 ...
HE CALLS ON CREATION TO BE AWARE OF GOD'S JUDGMENT ON HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 1:2). The book begins with a chiasmus, a pattern which had been commonly used in the Pentateuch, and which has also been depic...
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...
HEAR, O HEAVENS The chapter, down to verse 23, states the case of Jehovah against Judah. Chastening, according to Deuteronomy 28, 29, had been visited upon Israel in the land (vs. 5-8 (Isaiah 1:5), a...
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...
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 1:1. _The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth...
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...
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...
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...
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 1:2 HEAVENS... EARTH. Isaiah calls the entire universe as a faithful witness to God’s word (Deuteronomy 30:19;...
AN APPEAL AND AN ARGUMENT 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 hi...
PROPHECY THE VOICE OF GOD Isaiah 1:2. _The Lord hath spoken_. Thus at the very outset of this book Divine authority is claimed for the utterances contained in it. Three views may be taken of the wri...
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...
Acts 4:20; Amos 3:1; Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuterono
Hear — He directs his speech to those senseless creatures, that he might awaken the Israelites, whom he hereby proclaims to be so dull and stupid that they were past hearing, and therefore calls in th...