Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a (g) seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the (h) Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward.
(g) They were not only wicked as were their fathers, but utterly corrupt and by their evil example infected others.
(h) That is, him that sanctifies Israel.
Verse Isaiah 1:4. _AH SINFUL NATION_ - "Degenerate"] Five MSS., one of them ancient, read משחתים _moschathim_, without the first י _yod_, in _hophal corrupted_, not _corrupters_. See the same word in...
AH! SINFUL NATION - The word rendered ‘ah!’ - הוי _hôy_ - is not a mere exclamation, expressing astonishment. It is rather an interjection denouncing threatening, or punishment. ‘Wo to the sinful nat...
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...
AH. Figure of speech _Ecphonesis_. Note the four exclamatory descriptions, and see note on "gone away", below. SINFUL. Hebrew. _chata_. App-44. SINFUL NATION. Note the Figures of speech _Apostrophe,...
DISCOURSE: 857 THE SINPULNESS AND INCORRIGIBLENESS OF THE NATION Isaiah 1:4. _Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupters! they have forsaken t...
CHILDREN THAT ARE CORRUPTERS—HAVE PROVOKED, &C.— Or, _Children that corrupt themselves—have contemptuously treated the Holy One of Israel;_ &c....
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...
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone awa...
1:4 Ah (b-1) Or 'Woe to the.' nation, (c-3) _ Goi_ . the nations in contrast with God's people, used of Israel when disowned, as Psalms 43:1 . away (d-32) Lit. 'are estranged.'...
SEED OF EVILDOERS] i.e. consisting of evildoers (Isaiah 14:20). ARE CORRUPTERS] RV 'deal corruptly.' THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL] The use of this title is characteristic of Isaiah, and traceable to the imp...
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...
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 people in Israel suffer punishment because they refuse to change their evil behaviour. Isaiah frequently uses the title ‘Holy God of Israel’. Because God himself is holy, he expects his people to...
AH, SINFUL NATION... — The Hebrew interjection is, like our English “Ha!” the expression of indignation rather than of pity. A SEED OF EVILDOERS, CHILDREN THAT ARE CORRUPTERS. — The first phrase in th...
הֹ֣וי ׀ גֹּ֣וי חֹטֵ֗א עַ֚ם כֶּ֣בֶד עָוֹ֔ן זֶ֣
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...
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;...
4._Ah sinful nation _! (14) Though he held already reproved their crime with sufficient severity, yet, for the purpose of exposing it still more, he adds an exclamation, by which he expresses still mo...
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...
AH SINFUL NATION,..... Or "sinning nation" y; that was continually sinning, doing nothing else but sin, the reverse of what they were chosen to be, Deuteronomy 7:6. These words are said, either as cal...
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away...
_Ah, sinful nation_ The prophet bemoans those who would not bemoan themselves; and he speaks with a holy indignation at their degeneracy, and with a dread of the consequences of it. _A people laden wi...
Ah! sinful nation, going its way of willful error, A PEOPLE LADEN WITH INIQUITY, with guilt and corruption of right, burdened with transgressions, A SEED OF EVIL-DOERS, a brood of such as prefer wicke...
THE ADDRESS...
LADEN: _ Heb._ of heaviness GONE AWAY BACKWARD: _ Heb._ alienated, or seperated...
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...
AH: this particle implies both his wonder, and anger, and grief, and shame that they were such. LADEN WITH INIQUITY, Heb. _of heaviness of iniquity_, i.e. of heavy or great sins; for _heavy_ is common...
Isaiah 1:4 Alas H1945 sinful H2398 (H8802) nation H1471 people H5971 laden H3515 iniquity H5771 brood H2233 evildoers...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 1:2. _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...
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...
_Ah, sinful nation_ GOD’S INDIGNATION AGAINST SIN The word “ah” is not an interjection, indicating a mere sighing of pity or regret; the word should not be spelt as it is here, the letters should be...
_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 1:4 SINFUL. Isaiah uses several Hebrew words for sin (translated here as INIQUITY and CORRUPTLY) to reveal to the people their true character. the
INIQUITY A BURDEN Isaiah 1:4. _A people laden with iniquity_. _A very surprising description:_ “A people laden with _iniquity_.” On account of their punctilious and costly observance of the Mosaic ri...
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 Corinthians 10:22; Acts 7:51; Acts 7:52; Colossians 1:24;...
A seed — The children of wicked parents, whose guilt they inherit, and whose evil example they follow. Corrupters — Heb. that corrupt themselves, or others by their counsel and example. Backward — Ins...