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Verse Isaiah 1:13. _THE NEW MOONS AND SABBATHS_ - "The fast and the
day of restraint"] און ועצרה _aven vaatsarah_. These words are
rendered in many different manners by different interpreters, to a
g...
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BRING NO MORE - God does not intend absolutely to forbid this kind of
worship, but he expresses his strong abhorrence of the manner in which
it was done. He desired a better state of mind; he preferre...
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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...
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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...
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OBLATIONS. Hebrew. _minchah =_ gift-offering. App-43.
IS. itself [is].
ASSEMBLIES. convocations. Hebrew. _mikra'._ Reference to Pentateuch
(App-92); out of twenty-three occurrences, twenty occur in P...
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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...
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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...
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Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the
new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with;
it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
BRING NO MORE VA...
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VAIN OBLATIONS] Not the offerings in themselves, but their
hypocritical character is reprobated. INIQUITY] lit. 'nothingness,'
'worthlessness.'...
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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...
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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...
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All these activities in God’s holy *Temple were without any value to
God. They were making no difference to the evil way that the people
were living. So God said that he hated these activities.
Verse...
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BRING NO MORE VAIN OBLATIONS. — These were of the _minchah_ class,
the “meat-offerings,” or, more properly, meal-offerings of
Leviticus 7:9. This, with its symbolic accompaniment of incense
(Isaiah 66...
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לֹ֣א תֹוסִ֗יפוּ הָבִיא֙ מִנְחַת
־שָׁ֔וְא קְטֹ֧רֶת...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(t) Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the
new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure;
[it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
(t) Without faith...
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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....
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13._Bring no more vain oblations _This is a useful admonition for
restraining the irregular desires of those who do not cease to follow
inveterately unmeaning and hypocritical worship, that, warned by...
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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...
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BRING NO MORE VAIN OBLATIONS,.... As all such were, which were offered
up without faith in Christ, in hypocrisy, and with dependence on them
for pardon and atonement, and particularly when put an end...
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Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the
new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with;
[it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Ver. 13. _Bring...
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_Bring no more vain oblations_ I neither desire, nor will accept of
any on these terms. _Incense is an abomination to me_ So far is it
from being a sweet savour to me, as you foolishly imagine. _The n...
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REBUKE OF HYPOCRITICAL WORSHIP...
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Bring no more vain oblations, offerings of vanity and lying, the
reference being to such as were made of flour, principally in the form
of fried and boiled cakes; INCENSE IS AN ABOMINATION UNTO ME, na...
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INIQUITY:
Or, grief...
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10-15 Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them
to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to
remove the punishment, and give them leave to go on in their sin...
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BRING NO MORE; I neither desire nor will accept of any upon these
terms. OBLATIONS, Heb. _meat-offerings_; of which see LEVITICUS 2:1
NUMBERS 15:4. _Incense is an abomination_, unto me; so far is it f...
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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...
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WHAT GOD HAS AGAINST HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 1:10). GOD'S HATRED OF ANY
OUTWARD RELIGION WHICH IS NOT MATCHED BY INNER RESPONSE.
In these verses Isaiah stresses that there is little benefit in
continuing...
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BRING NO MORE
(_ See Scofield) - (2 Corinthians 8:1). _...
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Isaiah 1:12
Such texts as this ought to terrify us. For they speak of religious
people and of a religious nation, and of a fearful mistake which they
were making, and a fearful danger into which they...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me?_
saith the Lord
HYPOCRISY AND PARTIALITY IN RELIGION
These words are not to be understood absolutely but comparatively, and
with respec...
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_The calling of assemblies, I cannot away with_
SERVICE NOT SERVICES
1_._
Many think religion flourishes if services are well attended. But,
unless we are “willing and obedient” our “fat things” wil...
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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.
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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....
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THE POSSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP
Isaiah 1:13. _It is iniquity, even the solemn meeting_.
I. PUBLIC WORSHIP IS A THING OF DIVINE APPOINTMENT. A considerable
part of the earlier books of Scripture i...
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PART I.—EARLIER PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH (CH. 1-35.)
SECTION I.—THE GREAT ARRAIGNMENT (Isaiah 1:1.).
EXPOSITION
Isaiah 1:1
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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...
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1 Corinthians 11:17; Deuteronomy 16:1; Ephesians 4:30; Ezekiel 20:39;...
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The solemn meeting — The most solemn day of each of the three
feasts, which was the last day....
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Did the prophet Isaiah disavow the sacrificial system of Moses?
(See comments on Hosea 6:6)...