In Isaiah, chapter one, verse fifteen, sin in our lives will cause God to turn away from our prayers. God is light, and sin is darkness. “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness,” as in John twelve, verse forty-six. God is holy and does […]
In Isaiah, chapter one, verse eleven, “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? Saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.” Isaiah condemns the people
In Isaiah, chapter one, verses nine through ten, “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. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people
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In Isaiah, chapter one, verse seven, “Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.” In an effort to bring Judah to repentance, God allowed their land to be plundered by foreigners, as in Second Chronicles five, verse
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In Isaiah, chapter one, verse four, “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 backward.” This expression as a title for God occurs twenty-six times in Isaiah; five
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In Isaiah, chapter one, verse three, “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.” Here, “Israel” refers to all the twelve tribes, including Judah. The Twelve Tribes of Israel are described as the descendants of Jacob, a Hebrew patriarch who was the
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In Isaiah, chapter one, verse two, “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.” Judah and Israel had received God’s covenant, His law, His temple, and His many promises. Yet they turned to idolatry, disregarded the covenant,
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In Isaiah one, verse one, “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.” Isaiah did not prophesy about or record his own ideas; rather, he received visions from God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, as in
In Song of Solomon, chapter eight, verse twelve, “My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.” In contrast to Solomon’s many vineyards, she has her own single vineyard. Solomon can have the income from his, and those who tend
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In Song of Solomon, chapter eight, verse nine, “If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.” If the little sister is a wall resisting temptation, the daughters of Jerusalem will adorn her, which prepares her
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