And when. Even when.
spread forth your hands. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for "pray", in which hands are spread forth.
make many prayers. multiply your prayers.
blood. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), for the acts which shed the blood.
Verse Isaiah 1:15. _WHEN YE SPREAD_] The _Syriac, Septuagint_, and a MS., read בפרשכם _beparshecem_, without the conjunction ו _vau_. _YOUR HANDS_ - "For your hands"] Αἱ γαρ χειρες - _Sept_. _Manus_...
YE SPREAD FORTH YOUR HANDS - This is an expression denoting the act of supplication. When we ask for help, we naturally stretch out our hands, as if to receive it. The expression therefore is equivale...
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...
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...
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...
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (; ; .) WHEN YE SPREAD FORTH YOUR HANDS - in pra...
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...
YOUR HANDS, ETC.] The hands, uplifted in prayer, are stained with blood....
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...
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...
WHEN YE SPREAD FORTH YOUR HANDS. — The words point to the attitude of one who prays, as was the manner of Jews, Greeks, and Romans (“tenditque ad sidera palmas,” Virg., _Æn.,_ xii. 196), standing, and...
וּ בְ פָרִשְׂכֶ֣ם כַּפֵּיכֶ֗ם אַעְלִ֤ים עֵינַי֙...
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...
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full (x) of blood. (x) He shows that where men are given to evil, de...
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....
15._When ye spread forth your hands _The ancient custom of _spreading forth the hands _in prayer did not arise from superstition; nor did that practice, like many others, obtain currency through fooli...
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 WHEN YE SPREAD FORTH YOUR HANDS,.... That is, in prayer, this being a prayer gesture: hence the Targum paraphrases it, "and when the priests spread out their hands to pray for you.'' I WILL HIDE...
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Ver. 15. _And when ye spread forth your hands._] Th...
_When ye spread forth your hands_ When ye pray with your hands spread abroad, as the manner was; _I will hide mine eyes from you_ I will take no notice of your persons or requests. _Your hands are ful...
And when ye spread forth your hands, in a gesture which is a caricature of true prayer, I WILL HIDE MINE EYES FROM YOU, His eyes, as it were, finding themselves unable to look upon such hypocrisy; YEA...
REBUKE OF HYPOCRITICAL WORSHIP...
MAKE MANY PRAYERS: _ Heb._ multiply prayer BLOOD: _ Heb._ bloods...
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...
WHEN YE SPREAD FORTH YOUR HANDS; when you pray with hands spread abroad, as the manner was; of which see EXODUS 9:29,33 JOB 11:13, &c. I WILL HIDE MINE EYES FROM YOU; which is a gesture of contempt an...
Isaiah 1:15 out H6566 (H8763) hands H3709 hide H5956 (H8686) eyes H5869 many H7235 (H8686) prayers...
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...
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...
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 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...
_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...
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. ⇐...
WORTHLESS HUSKS Isaiah 1:15. _And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear_. The Jews had been likened unto the inhabitants of...
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 Kings 8:22; 1 Kings 8:54; 1 Timothy 2:8; Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 8:18;
Blood — You are guilty of murder, and oppression....