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WHEN YOU COME TO APPEAR BEFORE ME - The temple was in Jerusalem, and
was regarded as the habitation, or dwelling-place, of the God of
Israel. Particularly, the most holy place of the temple was deemed...
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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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TO APPEAR, &C. Reference to Pentateuch. See note (Exodus 23:15).
TREAD. trample, and thus profane. Hebrew. _ramas._ Ezekiel 26:11;
Ezekiel 34:18;...
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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
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Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of
our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
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What unto me is the multitude of your sac...
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When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your
hand, to tread my courts?
WHEN YE COME TO APPEAR BEFORE ME - in the temple, where the
Shechinah, resting on the ark, was the symbol...
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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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TREAD] RV trample'; like beasts without understanding. The worship was
merely formal....
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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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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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WHEN YE COME TO APPEAR BEFORE ME. — Literally, _before my face._
This is the meaning given by the present Hebrew text, and it is, of
course, adequate. The Syriac version and some modern scholars (_e.g...
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כִּ֣י תָבֹ֔אוּ לֵ רָאֹ֖ות פָּנָ֑י מִי
־בִקֵּ֥
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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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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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12._Who hath required this at your hand _? What an admirable
confutation of false worship, when God declares that they will not
come before him according to the appointed manner, and makes a general
d...
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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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WHEN YE COME TO APPEAR BEFORE ME,.... At the grand festivals of the
passover, pentecost, and tabernacles, at which times all the males in
Israel appeared before God, Exodus 23:17
WHO HATH REQUIRED TH...
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When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand,
to tread my courts?
Ver. 12. _When ye come to appear before me._] Heb., To be seen; else
all had been lost. Hypocrisy is very os...
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_To what purpose, &c., your sacrifices unto me?_ Who am a Spirit, and
therefore cannot be satisfied with such carnal oblations, but expect
to be worshipped in spirit and in truth, and to have your hea...
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When ye come to appear before Me, namely, in person, to attend any of
the festivals of the Jewish Church, WHO HATH REQUIRED THIS AT YOUR
HAND TO TREAD MY COURTS? The presence of a person's body in the...
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REBUKE OF HYPOCRITICAL WORSHIP...
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TO APPEAR:
_ Heb._ to be seen...
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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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WHEN YE COME TO APPEAR BEFORE ME, upon the three solemn feasts, EXODUS
23:17, EXODUS 34:23, or upon other occasions. WHO HATH REQUIRED THIS
AT YOUR HANDS, to wit, in this manner, and upon these terms?...
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Isaiah 1:12 come H935 (H8799) appear H7200 (H8736) before H6440
required H1245 (H8765) hand H3027 trample...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 1:2. _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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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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_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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_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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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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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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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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Deuteronomy 16:16; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Exodus 23:17; Exodus 34:23;...
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To appear — Upon the three solemn feasts, or upon other occasions.
Who required — The thing I commanded, was not only, nor chiefly,
that you should offer external sacrifices, but that you should do it...
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Did the prophet Isaiah disavow the sacrificial system of Moses?
(See comments on Hosea 6:6)...