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Isaiah 1:4-6

The people in Israel suffer punishment because they refuse to change their evil behaviour. Isaiah frequently uses the title ‘Holy God of Israel’. Because God himself is holy, he expects his people to live holy lives.

Enemies have destroyed the land

v7 Foreign enemies have ruined your country. They have burned your towns. They have *seized and emptied your fields. And you can only watch what is happening. v8 *Jerusalem has no defence. It looks like an empty hut alone in a field. Enemies are all round you. v9 But God has kept alive some people in *Jerusalem. Otherwise the city’s fate would have been like the end of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 1:4. _AH SINFUL NATION_ - "Degenerate"] Five MSS., one of them ancient, read משחתים _moschathim_, without the first י _yod_, in _hophal corrupted_, not _corrupters_. See the same word in...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AH! SINFUL NATION - The word rendered ‘ah!’ - הוי _hôy_ - is not a mere exclamation, expressing astonishment. It is rather an interjection denouncing threatening, or punishment. ‘Wo to the sinful nat...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 857 THE SINPULNESS AND INCORRIGIBLENESS OF THE NATION Isaiah 1:4. _Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupters! they have forsaken t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    CHILDREN THAT ARE CORRUPTERS—HAVE PROVOKED, &C.— Or, _Children that corrupt themselves—have contemptuously treated the Holy One of Israel;_ &c....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone awa...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:4 Ah (b-1) Or 'Woe to the.' nation, (c-3) _ Goi_ . the nations in contrast with God's people, used of Israel when disowned, as Psalms 43:1 . away (d-32) Lit. 'are estranged.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SEED OF EVILDOERS] i.e. consisting of evildoers (Isaiah 14:20). ARE CORRUPTERS] RV 'deal corruptly.' THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL] The use of this title is characteristic of Isaiah, and traceable to the imp...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AH, SINFUL NATION... — The Hebrew interjection is, like our English “Ha!” the expression of indignation rather than of pity. A SEED OF EVILDOERS, CHILDREN THAT ARE CORRUPTERS. — The first phrase in th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֹ֣וי ׀ גֹּ֣וי חֹטֵ֗א עַ֚ם כֶּ֣בֶד עָוֹ֔ן זֶ֣

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a (g) seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the (h) Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gon...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    How affecting are these verses! It is as if God paused over the state of his church. Their sin, like an epidemic disease, was universal. It did not break out in one or two instances of transgression;...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Ah, sinful nation_ The prophet bemoans those who would not bemoan themselves; and he speaks with a holy indignation at their degeneracy, and with a dread of the consequences of it. _A people laden wi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Ah! sinful nation, going its way of willful error, A PEOPLE LADEN WITH INIQUITY, with guilt and corruption of right, burdened with transgressions, A SEED OF EVIL-DOERS, a brood of such as prefer wicke...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ADDRESS...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    LADEN: _ Heb._ of heaviness GONE AWAY BACKWARD: _ Heb._ alienated, or seperated...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 1:4 Alas H1945 sinful H2398 (H8802) nation H1471 people H5971 laden H3515 iniquity H5771 brood H2233 evildoers...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MAJORITY ARE LIKE SODOM AND GOMORRAH (ISAIAH 1:4). Isaiah now describes the condition of Judah, which would include refugees from Israel. This can be analysed as follows: a Ah, sinful nation, a p...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ah, sinful nation_ GOD’S INDIGNATION AGAINST SIN The word “ah” is not an interjection, indicating a mere sighing of pity or regret; the word should not be spelt as it is here, the letters should be...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 1:4 SINFUL. Isaiah uses several Hebrew words for sin (translated here as INIQUITY and CORRUPTLY) to reveal to the people their true character. the

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INIQUITY A BURDEN Isaiah 1:4. _A people laden with iniquity_. _A very surprising description:_ “A people laden with _iniquity_.” On account of their punctilious and costly observance of the Mosaic ri...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 10:22; Acts 7:51; Acts 7:52; Colossians 1:24;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A seed — The children of wicked parents, whose guilt they inherit, and whose evil example they follow. Corrupters — Heb. that corrupt themselves, or others by their counsel and example. Backward — Ins...

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