Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Isaiah 1:25
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, (k) and take away all thy tin:
(k) Lest the faithful among them should be overcome with his threatening he adds this consolation.
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, (k) and take away all thy tin:
(k) Lest the faithful among them should be overcome with his threatening he adds this consolation.
Verse Isaiah 1:25. _I WILL TURN MY HAND UPON THEE_] So the common version; and this seems to be a metaphor taken from the custom of those who, when the metal is melted, strike off the scoriae with the...
AND I WILL TURN MY HAND UPON THEE - This expression is capable of two significations. The hand may be stretched out for two purposes, either to inflict punishment, or to afford help and protection. Th...
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...
A complete poem, of uncertain date, in elegiac rhythm. How has the city once loyal to Yahweh become faithless to her husband! Her silver has become dross, her wine adulterated. Her princes rebel again...
TURN MY HAND: i.e. repeat the judgment (Isaiah 1:27) THEE: i.e. the city (verses: Isaiah 1:21; Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 1:27). PURGE. ref
DISCOURSE: 860 GOD PURIFYING HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 1:25. _I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin_. IN the Holy Scriptures, judgment is often denounced,...
PURELY PURGE AWAY THY DROSS— See Deuteronomy 2:3. The meaning of these words is, that God would purge the remains of Israel in banishment from the drops and dregs of hypocrites and profane men, and wo...
b. THE RESULTS OF JUDGMENT, A CLEANSED CITY TEXT: Isaiah 1:24-31 24 Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mi...
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: I WILL TURN MY HAND - not in wrath, but in grace (Zechariah 13:7). UPON THEE - as Isaiah 1:26-23 sho...
1:25 thoroughly (d-11) Lit. according to pureness;' the root of the word is 'purity.' alloy; (e-21) Or 'lead,' anything mixed with the silver ore....
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...
PURELY PURGE, ETC.] RM 'purge away thy dross as with lye,' lye, or potash, being used as a flux in purifying metals. TIN] i.e. alloy....
God is angry because the leaders of his people are guilty of moral failure. God wants men who will loyally carry out his wishes. He now considers Israel and Judah to be his enemies. That is why he wil...
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...
I WILL TURN MY HAND UPON THEE. — The phrase, like the English “visit,” presents both a severe and a gracious aspect. Of the former we have instances in Psalms 81:14; Amos 1:8; of the latter in Zechari...
וְ אָשִׁ֤יבָה יָדִי֙ עָלַ֔יִךְ וְ אֶצְרֹ֥ף כּ
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...
A NATION PURGED OF DROSS BY DISASTER Isaiah 1:21-31 The great lover of our souls does not abandon His people even when they spurn the first overtures of His appealing pity. Though they refuse to yiel...
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...
_Tin. I will reform abuses in the reign of Ezechias, but much more by establishing the Church of Christ, which shall be the faithful city. (Calmet)_...
How very blessed is it to behold divine grace triumphing over human transgression: and the Lord who alone can reform, graciously exercising his love in a way of reformation over his people. And, Reade...
25._And I will turn my hand upon thee _This is an alleviation of the former threatening; for though he still proceeds with what he had begun to state about his severity, he at the same time declares t...
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 I WILL TURN MY HAND UPON THEE,.... The remnant, according to the election of grace, left in Jerusalem, Isaiah 1:9 meaning not his afflicting hand, no, not even as a fatherly chastisement; though t...
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: Ver. 25. _And I will turn my hand upon thee._] So Zechariah 13:7, I will turn my hand upon the little on...
_And I will turn my hand upon thee_ I will chastise thee again, and thereby reform thee: or, I will do that for the reviving of religion, which I did at first for the planting of it. _And purge away t...
The Lord's Complaint against Jerusalem...
and I will turn My hand upon thee, namely, against Jerusalem, the faithless, sinful city, AND PURELY PURGE AWAY THY DROSS, melting it out with lye, removing the obstinate and wicked leaders, AND TAKE...
PURELY: _ Heb._ according to pureness...
21-31 Neither holy cities nor royal ones are faithful to their trust, if religion does not dwell in them. Dross may shine like silver, and the wine that is mixed with water may still have the colour...
I WILL TURN MY HAND UPON THEE, to chastise thee again, which God threatened that he would not do, ISAIAH 1:5, but now promiseth that he will do it, not in fury, or so as utterly to destroy them, but i...
Isaiah 1:25 turn H7725 (H8686) hand H3027 thoroughly H1253 away H6884 (H8799) dross H5509 away H5493 ...
THE GREAT CLEAN UP (ISAIAH 1:24). God now speaks. Without His action there would be no hope and no future, but He declares His intention to act in sovereign power and bring about that deliverance. Fin...
GOD'S PURPOSE FOR THE FUTURE (ISAIAH 1:21). The call having been made to Israel for response, God describes their present state and guarantees that in the end He will bring their transformation about...
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...
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...
_And l will turn My hand upon thee_ TRUE REFORMATION THE WORK OF GOD I. THE REFORMATION OF A PEOPLE IS GOD’S OWN WORK. II. HE DOTH IT BY BLESSING THEM WITH GOOD MAGISTRATES AND GOOD MINISTERS OF ST...
_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....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 1:24 THE LORD... THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE MIGHTY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on 1 Sam. 1:3. God’s judgment on his people is not the end of the story. The purpose of judgm
THE PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT Isaiah 1:24. Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: and I will tur...
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...
Ezekiel 20:38; Isaiah 1:22; Isaiah 4:4; Isaiah 6:11; Jeremiah 6:29;...
And purge — I will purge out of thee, those wicked men that are incorrigible, and for those of you that are curable, I will by my word, and by the furnace of affliction, purge out all that corruption...