let us reason together. let us put the matter right, or settle the matter. It means the putting an end to all reasoning, rather than an invitation to commence reasoning.
sins. Hebrew. chata. App-44.
though. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "yea, though".
Verse Isaiah 1:18. _THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET_] שני _shani_, "scarlet or crimson," _dibaphum, twice dipped_, or _double dyed_; from שנה _shanah, iterare, to double_, or _to do a thing twice_. Th...
COME NOW - This is addressed to the nation of Israel; and the same exhortation is made to all sinners. It is a solemn act on the part of God, submitting the claims and principles of his government to...
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...
Perhaps an independent oracle, or even two (Isaiah 1:18 and Isaiah 1:19 f.); the date is quite uncertain. According to the usual view Yahweh challenges Israel to a lawsuit, that His righteousness may...
DISCOURSE: 859 CRIMSON SINS MADE WHITE Isaiah 1:18. _Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crim...
c. JEHOVAH'S CALL TEXT: Isaiah 1:18-20 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they...
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. COME NOW ... LET US RE...
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...
LET US REASON] i.e. that the right may appear. Forgiveness will follow obedience and repentance....
It is almost impossible to remove a red stain completely by human effort. But God can do it perfectly....
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...
COME NOW, AND LET US REASON TOGETHER. — The Authorised Version suggests the thought of a discussion between equals. The Hebrew implies rather the tone of one who gives an authoritative _ultimatum,_ as...
לְכוּ ־נָ֛א וְ נִוָּֽכְחָ֖ה יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה א
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...
Come now, (a) and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be (b) white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (a) To know if I a...
_Accuse me. If I punish you without cause._...
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....
_A WONDERFUL CLEANSING_ ‘Sins … as scarlet … white as snow.’ Isaiah 1:18 A florist told me that the flowers for which he had the largest sales were white flowers, as these were very fashionable. Ha...
18._Come now, and let us reason together _(24) The Hebrew word נא (_na_) is commonly translated _I pray_, or_therefore_; but I think that it denotes the confidence of a good cause, and thus is an exho...
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...
COME NOW, AND LET US REASON, TOGETHER, SAITH THE LORD,.... These words stand not in connection either with the preceding or following, but are to be read in a parenthesis, and are thrown in for the sa...
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Ver. 18. _Come now, let u...
_Come now, let us reason together_ The word נוכחה is properly understood of two contending parties _arguing a case;_ or, as Bishop Lowth translates it, _pleading together;_ but here it seems to import...
SUGGESTING THE ONLY WAY OF RELIEF...
Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord, the case being brought to trial before His tribunal, the children of Israel standing before Him as condemned culprits. THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARL...
16-20 Not only feel sorrow for the sin committed, but break off the practice. We must be doing, not stand idle. We must be doing the good the Lord our God requires. It is plain that the sacrifices of...
COME NOW, AND LET US REASON TOGETHER; I am willing to lay aside my prerogative, and to submit the matter to a fair and equal trial, whether I do not deal justly in rejecting all your services, which a...
Isaiah 1:18 now H3212 (H8798) together H3198 (H8735) Says H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 sins H2399 scarlet...
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...
THE RESPONSE THAT GOD REQUIRES (ISAIAH 1:16). What God requires of them is a complete change of heart and a renewing of their lives. Analysis. a “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean, Put away th...
Isaiah 1:16 As early then as the time of Isaiah we find the doctrine of the reformation of character dependent on forgiveness of sin distinctly taught. Consider: I. The demand made. (1) The nature o...
Isaiah 1:18 What are a few of the leading lines of God's instruction to the soul? I. He teaches through conscience. Conscience is a "necessary idea." Nothing is so certain as that; from east to west,...
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...
_Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord_ FURTHER REASONING USELESS “You have nothing more to say; all that you have already said has no value; reasoning has done its work; if reasoning...
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 1:18 LET US REASON TOGETHER. The people are urged to consider their actual position before God. THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET... RED LIKE CRIMSON. Their hands, red with blood...
GOD’S GRACIOUS INVITATION TO SINNERS Isaiah 1:18. _Come now, and. let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow: though they be red like crims...
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 12:7; Acts 17:2; Acts 18:4; Acts 24:25; Ephesians 1:6;...