Self-interpreting Bible

Isaiah 1

1Isaiah complaineth of Judah's rebellion: 5their universal corruption and desolation: 10their whole religious service unacceptable because of their sins. 16An exhortation to repentance enforced by promises and threatenings. 21The prophet bewailing their wickedness denounceth God's judgments, mixed with promises of mercy, 28and threateneth destruction to the wicked.

1 THE ^avision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he ^bsaw concerning Judah and Jerusalem ^cin the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

a: Ge. 15:1 , Nu. 12:6 , Nu. 24:16 , 1Sa. 9:9 , Da. 10:1 - 16 , Ac. 10:11 , Is. 13:1 , Is. 21:2
b: 1Pe. 1:11 , 2Pe. 1:21
c: 2 Kings 15 - 20 , 2 Chronicles 26 - 32

2 ^dHear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, ^eI have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

d: De. 32:1 , De. 4:26 , De. 30:19 , De. 31:28 , Is. 34:1 , Je. 2:12 , Je. 22:29 , Eze. 36:1 , Eze. 36:4 , Eze. 6:3 , Mi. 1:2 , Mi. 6:1 , Mi. 6:2 , Jos. 24:27 , Ps. 50:4 , Am. 3:13 , 1Co. 4:9 , 1Ti. 5:21 , De. 29:24 , De. 29:25 , Hab. 2:20 , Zec. 2:13
e: Is. 5:2 , Is. 46:3 , Is. 46:4 , Is. 63:9 - 13 , Is. 63:16 , Eze. 16:4 - 14 , Eze. 20:5 , Eze. 20:20 , Ex. 4:22 , Ex. 19:5 , Ex. 19:6 , De. 4:7 , De. 4:8 , De. 1:31 , De. 14:1 , De. 14:2 , De. 32:6 - 21 , Psalms 78 , Psalms 105 , Psalms 106 , Psalms 135 , Psalms 136 , Ps. 148:14 , Ro. 3:1 , Ro. 3:2 , Ro. 9:4 , Ro. 9:5 , Ro. 10:3

3 ^fThe ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

f: Pr. 6:6 , Je. 8:7 , Je. 2:8 , Je. 4:22 , Je. 9:3 , Je. 10:8 , Je. 10:14 , Ho. 11:3 , Ho. 11:4 , Ho. 4:1 , Ho. 4:6 , Ho. 5:4 , Ps. 53:4 , Ps. 94:8 , Is. 44:18 , Is. 27:11 , Is. 5:12 , Is. 5:13 , De. 32:28 , De. 32:29

4 ^gAh sinful nation, a people ¹^*laden with iniquity, ^ha seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: ⁱthey have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked ^jthe Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are ²gone away backward.

g: Mat. 11:28 , Ge. 13:13 , Zec. 5:7 , Zec. 5:8 , Zec. 11:8 , Re. 18:5 , Jn. 9:34 , Ps. 38:4
1: Heb. of heaviness.
*: laden-loaded.
h: Nu. 32:14 , Je. 7:26 , Je. 16:11 , Je. 16:12 , Mat. 3:7 , Ps. 78:8 , Ge. 6:12 , Zep. 3:7 , Ex. 32:7
i: Je. 2:13 , Je. 29:9 , De. 31:16 , De. 31:17 , De. 32:5 , De. 32:6 , De. 32:15 - 21 , Ho. 4:16 , Ps. 10:3 , Ps. 74:18 , Nu. 14:11
j: Is. 6:3 , Is. 5:16 , Is. 12:6 , Ex. 15:11 , Hab. 1:12 , Hab. 1:13
2: Heb. alienated or separated. Ps. 58.3. , Ps. 58:3

5 ¶^kWhy should ye be stricken any more? ye will ³revolt more and more: ^lthe whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

k: Je. 2:30 , Je. 5:3 , Je. 9:1 , Je. 9:3 , 2Ch. 28:22 , Ho. 4:14 , Is. 9:13
3: Heb. increase revolt.
l: Je. 5:1 - 5 , Je. 9:2 - 5 , Je. 8:22 , Da. 9:11 , Zep. 3:1 - 4 , Is. 1:7 , Is. 1:8 , 2Ch. 28:5 , 2Ch. 28:6 , 2Ch. 28:19 , 2Ch. 28:20 , 2Ch. 29:8 , 2Ch. 29:9 , Ho. 5:12 - 14 , Ps. 38:3 , Ps. 38:4 , Is. 5:1 - 24 , Is. 59:1 - 15

6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ⁴ointment.

4: Or, oil. Lu. 10.34. , Lu. 10:34

7 ^mYour country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, ⁵as overthrown by strangers.

m: De. 28:51 , De. 28:52 , Is. 5:5 , Is. 9:12 , Ps. 107:34 , 2Ch. 28:5 , 2Ch. 28:6 , 2Ch. 28:17 , 2Ch. 28:18 , Ho. 7:9 , Ho. 5:7 , Le. 26:33
5: Heb. as the overthrow of strangers.

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

9 ⁿExcept the LORD of hosts had left unto us ^oa very small remnant, we should have been as ^pSodom, and we should have been like unto ^qGomorrah.

n: La. 3:22 , Hab. 3:2 , Ro. 9:29
o: Am. 4:11 , Am. 9:8 , Am. 9:14 , Zec. 3:2 , Zec. 13:8 , Zec. 13:9 , Is. 6:13 , Is. 10:22 , Is. 11:11 , Is. 11:12 , Is. 17:6 , Is. 24:13 , Is. 37:4 , Is. 37:31 , Is. 37:32 , Is. 65:8 , Je. 3:14 , Je. 30:11 , Eze. 5:3 , Eze. 6:8 , Eze. 14:22 , 2:32 , Ro. 9:27 , Ro. 11:5 , 2Ki. 19:4
p: Ge. 19:24 , De. 29:22 , La. 4:6 , Am. 4:11 , Zep. 2:9 , Pr. 5:14 , vs. 7
q: Is. 13:19

10 ¶^rHear the word of the LORD, ^sye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

r: Je. 22:29 , Am. 3:1 , Am. 3:8
s: Ge. 13:13 , Ge. 18:20 , Eze. 16:46 - 48 , Eze. 16:49 , Eze. 16:55 , De. 32:32 , Je. 23:14 , Je. 9:26 , Am. 9:7 , vs. 7 , Re. 11:8

11 To what purpose is the multitude of your ^tsacrifices 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 ⁶he goats.

t: Pr. 15:8 , Pr. 21:27 , Is. 66:3 , Je. 6:20 , Je. 7:21 , Je. 7:22 , Am. 5:21 , Am. 5:22 , Ps. 40:6 , Ps. 50:8 , Ps. 50:9 , Ps. 51:16 , Mi. 6:7 , 1Sa. 15:22
6: Heb. great he-goats.

12 When ^uye come ⁷to appear before me, who hath ^*required this at your hand, to tread ^vmy courts?

u: Ex. 23:17 , Ex. 34:23 , De. 16:16 , De. 31:11 , Je. 7:22
7: Heb. to be seen. ch. 29.13. , Is. 29:13
*: required-sought.
v: Ps. 116:19

13 ^wBring no more vain ^*oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; ^xthe new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, ^yI cannot ^*away with; it is ⁸iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

w: Lu. 11:42 , Eze. 20:39 , Mal. 1:10 , Mal. 1:11 , Mal. 1:13 , Mat. 15:9 , Is. 66:3 , Is. 29:13 , Hag. 2:12 , Hag. 2:13 , Ps. 50:16
*: oblations-offerings, sacrifices. , away with-endure, tolerate.
x: Leviticus 23 , Numbers 28 , Numbers 29 , Nu. 10:2 , Nu. 10:7 , Nu. 10:10 , Ps. 81:2 , 2:15 , 1Ch. 23:31
y: Ps. 101:5
8: Or, grief.

14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul ^zhateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

z: Pr. 15:8 , Pr. 21:4 , Pr. 21:27 , Pr. 28:9 , Zec. 11:8 , Is. 66:3 , Is. 43:24 , Is. 1:13 , Is. 1:15 , Am. 2:13 , Eze. 16:43

15 ^aAnd when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye ⁹make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of ¹⁰blood.

a: Pr. 1:28 , Pr. 15:29 , Je. 14:12 , Zec. 7:13 , Mi. 3:4 , Ps. 66:18 , Is. 58:4 , Is. 59:2 , Is. 59:3 , Job 27:8 , Job 27:9 , Eze. 8:17 , Eze. 8:18 , Eze. 14:3 , Ju. 10:14
9: Heb. multiply prayer.
10: Heb. bloods.

16 ¶^bWash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; ^ccease to do evil;

b: Ps. 26:6 , Ps. 51:2 , Ps. 51:7 , Job 11:13 , Job 11:14 , Je. 4:14 , 2Co. 7:1 , Ja. 4:8 , Eze. 36:25 , Zec. 13:1
c: Ps. 34:14 , Ps. 37:27 , Am. 5:15 , Ro. 12:9 , Phi. 4:8 , 1Pe. 3:10 , 1Pe. 3:11 , 1Co. 5:7

17 Learn to do well; ^dseek judgment, ¹¹relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

d: Ps. 82:3 , Ps. 82:4 , Je. 22:3 , Je. 15:16 , Ro. 13:8 , Ga. 6:2 , Eze. 18:5 - 9 , Is. 56:1 , Mi. 2:1 - 3 , Mi. 3:1 - 3 , Mi. 3:9 , Mi. 6:8 , Zec. 7:9 , Ja. 1:27
11: Or, righten.

18 ^eCome now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

e: Ho. 14:1 - 3 , Je. 3:11 - 14 , Je. 3:22 , Je. 31:18 , Je. 31:19 , Is. 43:24 - 26 , Is. 44:22 , Mi. 6:2 , Mi. 7:18 , Mi. 7:19 , Ps. 51:7 , Re. 7:14 , 1Sa. 12:7 , Is. 43:26

19 ^fIf ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

f: Is. 3:10 , Le. 26:3 - 14 , De. 28:1 - 14

20 ^gBut if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

g: Is. 3:11 , Is. 40:5 , Le. 26:15 - 39 , De. 28:15 - 68 , Tit. 1:2 , Nu. 23:19 , 1Sa. 15:29

21 ¶How is the ^hfaithful city become ⁱan harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

h: 2Sa. 8:15 , 1Ki. 4:25 , Je. 2:20 , Je. 2:21 , Ho. 11:12 , 2Ch. 19:9
i: La. 1:8 , Is. 2:8 , Isaiah 5 , Isaiah 59 , Ezekiel 16 , Ezekiel 22 , Ezekiel 23 , Je. 2:20 , Je. 2:21 , Je. 3:1 , Mi. 3:2 , Mi. 3:3 , Zep. 3:1 - 4 , Re. 17:1

22 ^jThy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed ^kwith water:

j: Ho. 6:4 , Eze. 22:18 , Je. 6:28 , Je. 6:30
k: 2Co. 2:17 , Ho. 4:18

23 ^lThy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they ^mjudge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

l: Da. 9:5 , Eze. 22:6 - 12 , Mi. 3:11 , Mi. 7:3 , Ho. 4:18 , Ho. 9:15
m: Je. 5:28 , Is. 10:2 , Zec. 7:10

24 Therefore saith the Lord, the ⁿLORD of hosts, the ^omighty One of Israel, Ah, ^pI will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

n: 1Ki. 22:19 , Ps. 103:20 , Ps. 103:21 , Ps. 148:2
o: Je. 32:17 , Je. 50:34 , Re. 18:8 , Ps. 76:7 , Mal. 3:1 , 1Co. 8:6
p: Eze. 5:13 , Eze. 16:42 , Eze. 21:17 , De. 28:63 , De. 32:35 , De. 32:40 , He. 10:30 , He. 10:31 , Je. 5:9 , Pr. 1:25 , Pr. 1:26

25 ¶And ^qI will turn my hand upon thee, and ¹²purely ^rpurge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

q: Ps. 81:14 , Zec. 13:7 , Re. 3:19
12: Heb. according to pureness.
r: Mal. 3:2 , Mal. 3:3 , Je. 9:7 , Je. 6:29 , Zep. 3:11 , Eze. 20:38 , Mat. 3:12 , Jn. 15:2 , Jn. 15:6 , Is. 4:3 , Is. 4:4 , Is. 1:22

26 And I will ^srestore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, ^tThe city of righteousness, the faithful city.

s: Is. 60:17 , Is. 60:18 , Nu. 12:7 , Jos. 24:31 , 2Sa. 8:15 , Je. 33:7
t: Is. 1:21 , Zec. 8:3 , Je. 31:23 , Zep. 3:9 , Zep. 3:13

27 Zion ^ushall be redeemed with judgment, and ¹³her converts with righteousness.

u: 1Co. 1:30 , Is. 5:16 , Is. 27:9 , Ro. 3:24 - 26 , 2Co. 5:21 , Ho. 13:14 , Ps. 130:7 , Ps. 130:8 , Mat. 1:21 , Ep. 1:7 , Tit. 2:14 , He. 9:12 , He. 9:14 , Lu. 1:68 , 1Pe. 1:18 , 1Pe. 1:19
13: Or, they that return of her.

28 ¶And the ^v¹⁴destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

v: Ps. 125:5 , Lu. 12:45 , Lu. 12:46 , Job 31:3 , Ps. 1:6 , Ps. 5:6 , Ps. 73:27 , Ps. 92:9 , Ps. 104:35 , Re. 22:15 , Re. 21:8 , Is. 3:11 , Mal. 4:1 , Zep. 1:6
14: Heb. breaking.

29 For ^wthey shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

w: Je. 2:24 , Je. 2:25 , Eze. 16:63 , Eze. 36:31 , Ho. 14:3 , Ho. 14:8 , Is. 2:18 , Is. 27:9 , Is. 30:22 , Is. 31:7 , Is. 57:5 , Is. 65:3 , Is. 66:17 , Is. 45:16 , Mi. 5:13 , Zec. 13:2 , Je. 2:20 , Je. 3:6

30 For ^xye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

x: Is. 6:13 , Is. 9:17 , Is. 9:18 , Is. 5:24 , Is. 64:6 , Is. 51:3 , Is. 58:11 , Eze. 37:11 , Nu. 24:6 , Ps. 1:3 , Ps. 1:4 , Je. 17:5 - 8 , Je. 31:12 , Ca. 4:12

31 And ^ythe strong shall be as ^*tow, ¹⁵and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

y: Is. 9:18 , Is. 50:11 , Is. 34:9 , Is. 34:10 , Eze. 32:21 , Re. 19:19 , Re. 6:14 - 17 , Re. 14:10 , Re. 14:11
*: tow-coarse fibres of flax or hemp used for spinning.
15: Or, and his work.