Chapter 1:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
Isaiah 1
The holy prophets, whose writings are contained in the sacred
scripture, are sixteen. Of these Isaiah, is first in place, and, as may
seem probable, in time also. But undoubtedly he was cotemporary
with Hosea. Compare Isaiah i, 1, with Hosea i, 1. The Jews tell us
that he was of the blood royal of Judah. But undoubtedly he was
the prince of all the prophets, whether we consider the great
extent and variety of his prophecies, the excellency and sublimity
of those mysteries which were revealed to him and by him, the
majesty and elegancy of his style, or the incomparable liveliness
and power of his sermons. He so evidently and fully describes the
person, and offices, and sufferings, and kingdom of Christ, that
some of the ancients called him the fifth Evangelist. And it is
observed, that there are more quotations in the New Testament
taken out of Isaiah, than out of all the other prophets.
Judah's sins, ver. 1-4. Her judgments, ver. 5-9. Her worship is
rejected, ver. 10-15. Exhortations to repentance, promises of grace
and mercy, threatenings of sore judgments, and complaints by
reason of their backsliding, ver. 16-31
Verse 1. Vision - Or, the visions; the word being here collectively used:
the sense is, this is the book of the visions or prophecies. As
prophets were called Seers, 1 Sam. ix, 9, so prophecies are called
visions, because they were as clearly and certainly represented to
the prophets minds, as bodily objects are to mens eyes. Saw -
Foresaw and foretold. But he speaks, after the manner of the
prophets, of things to come, as if they were either past or present.
Judah - Principally, but not exclusively. For he prophecies also
concerning Egypt and Babylon, and divers other countries; yet
with respect to Judah. The days - ln the time of their reign.
Whence it may be gathered, that Isaiah exercised his prophetical
office above fifty years altogether.
Verse 2. Hear - He directs his speech to those senseless creatures, that he
might awaken the Israelites, whom he hereby proclaims to be so
dull and stupid that they were past hearing, and therefore calls in
the whole creation of God to bear witness against them. The Lord
- This is his plea against them, of the equity whereof he is willing
that all the creatures should be Judges.
Verse 3. Know - Me their owner and master. Knowing is here taken
practically, as it is usually in scripture, and includes reverence and
obedience.
Verse 4. A seed - The children of wicked parents, whose guilt they
inherit, and whose evil example they follow. Corrupters - Hebrew.
that corrupt themselves, or others by their counsel and example.
Backward - Instead of proceeding forward and growing in grace.
Verse 5. Head - The very head and heart of the body politick, from
whence the plague is derived to all the other members.
Verse 7. In your presence - Which your eye shall see to torment you,
when there is no power in your hands to deliver you. As -
Hebrew. as the overthrow of strangers, that is, which strangers
bring upon a land which is not likely to continue in their hands,
and therefore they spare no persons, and spoil and destroy all
things, which is not usually done in wars between persons of the
same, or of a neighbouring nation.
Verse 8. Is left - Is left solitary, all the neighbouring villages and country
round about it being laid waste.
Verse 10. Of Sodom - So called for their resemblance of them in
wickedness. The law - The message which I am now to deliver to
you from God, your great lawgiver. 11. To me - Who am a spirit,
and therefore cannot be satisfied with such carnal oblations, but
expect to have your hearts and lives, as well as your bodies and
sacrifices, presented unto me. Blood - He mentions the fat and
blood, because these were in a peculiar manner reserved for God,
to intimate that even the best of their sacrifices were rejected by
him.
Verse 12. 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 with true repentance, with faith in my promises, and
sincere resolutions of devoting yourselves to my service.
Verse 13. The solemn meeting - The most solemn day of each of the
three feasts, which was the last day.
Verse 15. Blood - You are guilty of murder, and oppression.
Verse 16. Wash - Cleanse your hearts and hands.
Verse 17. Learn - Begin to live soberly, righteously, and godly.
Judgment - Shew your religion to God, by practicing justice to
men. Judge - Defend and deliver them.
Verse 19. If - If you are fully resolved to obey all my commands. Shall
eat - Together with pardon, you shall receive temporal and
worldly blessings.
Verse 21. The city - Jerusalem, which in the reign of former kings was
faithful to God. An harlot - Is filled with idolatry. Murderers -
Under that one gross kind, he comprehends all sorts of
unrighteous men and practices.
Verse 23. Rebellious - Against me their sovereign Lord. Companions of
thieves - Partly by giving them connivance and countenance, and
partly by practicing the same violence, and cruelty, and injustice
that thieves used to do. Gifts - That is, bribes given to pervert
justice.
Verse 25. 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 that yet remains in you.
Verse 26. Thy counsellors - Thy princes shall hearken to wise and
faithful counsellors. Called faithful - Thou shalt be such.
Verse 27. Redeemed - Shall be delivered from all their enemies and
calamities. With - Or, by judgment, that is, by God's righteous
judgment, purging out those wicked and incorrigible Jews, and
destroying their unmerciful enemies. Converts - Hebrew. her
returners, those of them who shall come out of captivity into their
own land. Righteousness - Or, by righteousness, either by my
faithfulness, in keeping my promise, or by my goodness.
Verse 29. The oaks - Which, after the manner of the Heathen, you have
consecrated to idolatrous uses. Gardens - In which, as well is in
the groves, they committed idolatry.
Verse 31. The strong - Your idols, which you think to be strong and able
to defend you. As tow - Shall be as suddenly and easily,
consumed by my judgments, as tow is by fire. The maker - Of the
idol, who can neither save himself nor his workmanship.
Chapter 1:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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