Isaiah 1:16-17 English Standard Version Anglicised 16Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, 17learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, ...
17Learnto dowell;seekjudgment,relievetheoppressed,judgethefatherless,pleadfor thewidow. Read ChapterCompare PREVIOUSIsaiah 1:16NEXTIsaiah 1:18 Isaiah 1:17 Meaning and Commentary Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do well Which men are naturally ignorant of; to do good they have no knowledge; nor can they ...
This is certainly its meaning in Psalm 71:4. Translate, tighten the oppressor; i.e. correct and chasten him. Judge the fatherless; rather, do justice to the orphan (Cheyne); see that he is not wronged - be his champion. Plead for the widow; i.e. plead her cause in the courts; ...
Isaiah 17:4Meaning, of the ten tribes, which boasted themselves of their nobility, prosperity, strength and multitude. Isaiah 17:5As the abundance of corn doth not fear the harvest men that should cut it down: no more shall the multitude of Israel make the enemies to shrink, whom God sha...
17 Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself! Stand up, Jerusalem, who have drunk from the hand of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you have drunk the goblet, the cup of staggering; you have drained [it] out. Read Chapter Compare PREVIOUS Isaiah 51:16 NEXT Isaiah 51:18 Isaiah 51:17 Meaning and ...
Mariannesaid this onDecember 7, 2010 at 1:42 pm|Reply To look at the spiritual side, figs are “cursed” fruit as they who are of the works of the law are under the “curse” of the law. There is a very deep spiritual meaning to this passage that requires much study and I don’...
Verse 17. - Therefore the Lord will smite with a seal. Thus destroying their beauty by producing baldness (comp. ver. 24; and for the meaning "smite with a scab," see Leviticus 13:2; Leviticus 14:56). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrewthe Lordאֲדֹנָ֔י (’ă·...
The expression “left desolate”is contained in a simple verb meaning to be left alone. How alone is a city, a nation, or an individual from whom God has departed. This verse does not state that Yahweh has turned His back on the nation of Israel by giving the earthly Messianic Davidic...
"Oppressed" is rāṣaṣ, "oppress," with the basic meaning "crush" or "break in pieces."[220]As we saw in verse 3, Yahweh accuses the Israelites of exploiting their workers. Today we see this in practices such as sweatshops, exploitation of girls by a pimp, grinding working ...
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