In the vision, the Lord spoke and revealed Himself to Isaiah. God said that He had created the people of Israel, but they did not see Him or accept Him as their master. God felt that the children of Israel had become wicked and they were rebelling against Him. He said they had become corrupt in body and soul. God openly asked why the people of Israel continued to fight and form a rebellion against all that was good.
God noted that He saw their spirit was aching and so was their mind and body. He asked them to give up their wickedness because it was only doing them harm. God looked at the lands that these people lived on and noticed their civilizations were falling apart.
The Lord said the region would be like Sodom and Gomorrah had not a few good people been left to live in the city. Explanation of Isaiah 1. Most of Isaiah, I believe, is layered so that it is to be read in relation to our day. That is why much of it is in the Book of Mormon. Your posting on Chap 1 is very good and enlightening. Thank you. Gotta tell ya… you are one fantastic teacher. Thank you and keep up this wunnerful, good work!
Thank you Jolene. Heads up on Sunday School lesson 24 coming up. In order to teach that lesson you have to have read all of Psalms first. You keep reading. It is am on July 27 and this is one of the chapters Holy Spirit has given me to read!
I was not sure what it meant but read it with obedience. After reading your explanation the message is a lot clearer! Thank you so much, I too must go back and read it again with your thoughts in mind to get the message God has for me revealed.
Thank you so very much and your revelation was a blessing to my soul! God Bless! I always learn something from your insight. You are truly an amazing and inspirational instructor! Thank You! And now at the end of this chapter, it was given the same. This shows that Lord had spoken to me and answered to my request while I was praying. Thank you Lord. Amen Amen. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Explanation of Isaiah Chapter 1.
Explanation of Isaiah Chapter 1 Isaiah is well known to be the most difficult prophet to understand, mainly because if you do not read his words by the Spirit, the text just sort of floats in one ear and out the other. Click the link below for a printable PDF version of the article. About the Author: Kelly Merrill. He currently writes for gospelstudy. You can find articles by Kelly on ldsblogs.
He has also published multiple works, including Premortal Promises, and Contributions to the Kingdom, both available on Amazon. Related Posts. Lynn Merrill June 12, at am - Reply. Jolene Bishop June 12, at am - Reply. Kelly Merrill June 12, at pm - Reply. Kelly Paul Merrill June 13, at pm - Reply. What a waste that was! Quite the contrary, we find that Christians on their deathbed are trusting and loving God more than ever.
Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool : The LORD offered a repentant, humbled Judah true and complete cleansing from sin. Their condition of sin could be transformed from deeply stained to become completely white. In this passage, Isaiah says nothing about how this cleansing comes. But we know that it comes because Jesus took upon Himself our stain of sin, and God judged sin perfectly and completely in Jesus, so we can be accounted white as snow and as white as wool.
We really can be clean from the stain of sin. Only the work of Jesus can make us white as snow! We really can have a break with the past, and a new beginning in Jesus Christ. The power of sin, the shame of sin, the guilt of sin, the domination of sin, the terror of sin, and the pain of sin can all be taken away in Jesus. You need not try to diminish the extent of your sin, or seek to make it appear to be less than it really is.
No; whatever you say it is, it is all that, and probably far more. Your deepest sense of your sinfulness does not come up to the truth concerning your real condition; certainly, you do not exaggerate in the least.
Your sins are scarlet, and crimson; it seems as though you have put on the imperial robe of sin, and made yourself a monarch of the realm of evil.
You have kept a place where the entertainment was so low, so grovelling, that you awoke the slumbering passions of evil in the minds of either young or old, and so you shall sink to hell with the blood of others on your head, as well as your own damnation, not with one millstone about your neck, but with many. God wants the separation between you and He to be gone now. He wants the best for us now. Come now; you may never have another warning; the heart may never be so tender as it is to-day.
Come now ; no other eyes may ever weep over you; no other heart may ever agonise for your salvation. Come now, now, now, for tomorrow you may never know in this world. Death may have sealed your fate, and the once filthy may remain filthy still. Come now ; for to-morrow thy heart may become harder than stone, and God may give thee up.
Why delay to be happy? Would you put off your wedding-day? Will you postpone the hour when you are pardoned and delivered? Come now : the bowels of Jehovah yearn for you. The eye of your father sees you afar off, and he runs to meet you. Come now ; the church is praying for you; these are revival times; ministers are more in earnest. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword : Here God offered Judah a choice.
They could find hope in the midst of their chastisement, relief from empty religious ritual, and cleansing from their sin. But they had to surrender their heart before God, and not refuse and rebel.
Instead, they had to be willing and obedient. No one perfectly matches either phrase, but which phrase better describes your life? Is it willing and obedient or refuse and rebel? There is a consequence for either course: eat of the good of the land or be devoured by the sword. How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers.
Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water. Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them. The faithful city has become a harlot : The faithful city was Jerusalem, the city once known for its faithfulness to the LORD.
It was full of justice : The days of justice and righteousness were long past in Jerusalem. Now the city was filled with murderers , political corruption Your princes are rebellious , thieves , fraud Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water , bribes , and favoritism against the weak They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
God expects them to keep the peace against murderers , have integrity instead of being rebellious and the companion of thieves , and to defend the weak the fatherless and widows. The spiritual adultery of Judah showed itself in this kind of sin. In a sense, the corruption among the leaders of Judah was a symptom of an even deeper spiritual problem.
I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy. I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.
The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed. For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees which you have desired; And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen. For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water. The strong shall be as tinder, And the work of it as a spark; Both will burn together, And no one shall quench them.
He is the Mighty One of Israel , whom it is futile to oppose. The title itself is a wake-up call. It usually implies that He considers and deals with His people as His enemies. They were acting like His enemies. They were putting themselves in the path of judgment. They would find the hand of the LORD against them, instead of for them. And thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your alloy : Dross and alloy are impurities in metal.
He never saves or redeems at the expense of His justice and righteousness. They shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees which you have desired : These terebinth trees were sites of pagan worship which idol-loving Judah kept among them.
When Zion is redeemed with justice , they would be ashamed of their former idolatries. It is good to be ashamed and embarrassed over sin. There is something wrong with us when we are shameless or beyond embarrassment.
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