Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 1:9
The cities of the plain had perished through lack of a righteous remnant (Genesis 18:24). The possession of such a remnant had proved the salvation of Judah.
The cities of the plain had perished through lack of a righteous remnant (Genesis 18:24). The possession of such a remnant had proved the salvation of Judah.
Verse Isaiah 1:9. _THE LORD OF HOSTS _- "JEHOVAH God of hosts"] As this title of God, יהוה צבאות _Yehovah tsebaoth_, "JEHOVAH of hosts, occurs here for the first time, I think it proper to note, that...
EXCEPT ... - It is owing entirely to the mercy of God, that we are not like Sodom. The prophet traces this not to the goodness of the nation, not to any power or merit of theirs, but solely to the mer...
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...
EXCEPT, &C. The first passage in Isaiah quoted in N.T. (Romans 9:29). VERY SMALL. Hebrew. _kim'at._ See note on Proverbs 5:14. AS SODOM. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 19:1;...
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...
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. EXCEPT THE LORD OF HOSTS HAD LEFT UNTO US ... - Yahweh of S...
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...
The inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah were so evil that God destroyed their cities (see Genesis chapter 19). ISRAEL’S RELIGION IS NOT SINCERE V10 Listen, you rulers of *Jerusalem! You are like the...
EXCEPT THE LORD OF HOSTS... — This name also had been stamped on the prophet’s mind at the time of his call (Isaiah 6:3). The God of the hosts (or _armies_) of heaven (sun, moon and stars, angels and...
לוּלֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות הֹותִ֥יר לָ֛נוּ שָׂרִ֖יד...
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...
Except the LORD of hosts (p) had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been (q) as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah. (p) Because he will always have a Church to call on his Name. ...
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;...
9._Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us _Here he concludes what he had formerly declared concerning God’s chastisements, that the desolation which shall take place — or rather which is present, a...
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...
EXCEPT THE LORD OF HOSTS HAD LEFT UNTO US A VERY SMALL REMNANT,.... This is an instance of the super abounding goodness of the Lord of hosts, as the Targum expresses it; that he should, in those very...
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Ver. 9. _Except the Lord._] Jehovah, the _Essentiator et In...
_Except the Lord had left us a remnant_ If God, by his infinite power and goodness, had not restrained our enemies, and reserved some of us, _we should have been as Sodom_ The whole nation of us had b...
THE DESOLATION OF ZION...
Except the Lord of hosts, Jehovah Sabaoth, in whose hands, after all, are the destinies of all people and especially of His Church Militant, HAD LEFT UNTO US A VERY SMALL REMNANT, some who had escaped...
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...
If God, by his infinite power and goodness, had not restrained our enemies, and reserved some of us, the whole nation and race of us had been utterly cut off, as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were;...
Isaiah 1:9 Unless H3884 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 left H3498 (H8689) small H4592 remnant H8300 become H1961 ...
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...
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...
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...
REMNANT Remnant. See (Isaiah 10:20); (Romans 11:5). (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 11:5). _...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very mall remnant._ THE INFLUENCE OF GOOD MEN 1. God’s greatness in the universe. The “Lord of hosts,” or Jehovah of hosts. Who are His “hosts”? Angels....
_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....
GOD’S RELUCTANCE TO PUNISH Isaiah 1:9. _Except the Lord of hosts had left us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah_. God had humbled His peop...
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 19:18; 2 Peter 2:6; Amos 4:11; Deuteronomy 29:23; Ezekiel 14: