Isa 1:2 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.
By far I liked Keil and Delitzsch's commentary on the above verse. However, it is quite lengthy, if you are using E-Sword and have their commentary download, it is an interesting read. If not, you can view it here, you will have to scroll down to their section.
I appreciate the comments made about hear and give ear and decided to track back to the Hebrew. I am guessing that hear is shema, give ear...I do not know, yet.
Hear -H8085 - A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.)
I was correct on the word, just not the spelling! :-)
Used 1158 times in 1072 verses. Whoa...quite a bit there. Hmmm...perhaps a sampling or two?
First usage was when Adam and Eve heard the voice of God in the garden (Genesis 3:8). Exodus 2:15 used of Pharoah hearing about Moses slaying the Egyptian. Moses heard the voice of one speaking from off of the mercy seat (Numbers 7:89).
I had to chuckle at this one - Joshua 1:17 - the people state they will harken unto Joshua just like they did Moses (hmmm, yeah, right).
Naomi heard that the Lord had visited His people, giving them bread. (Ruth 1:6) Nehemiah weeps when he hears the condition of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 1:4)
Psalm 4:1 - Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
A wise man will hear and increase in learning (Proverbs 1:5). Jeremiah exhorts the house of Jacob and the families of the house of Israel to hear the word of the Lord (Jeremiah 2:4). Melzar, the eunuch in charge of Daniel and his companions, consented to their request to have different food (Daniel 1:14).
Hosea (4:1) exhorts the people to hear the Word of the Lord, for HE has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. God heard Jonah's voice, from the belly of the fish (Jonah 2:2).
And a delicious one to savor:
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. (Malachi 3:16)
give ear - H238 - A primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from H241; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), that is, (by implication) to listen.
Used 42 times in 42 verses...still browsing and sharing:
Lamech tells his wives to hearken unto him (Genesis 4:23). Israel could forgo the diseases which came upon Egypt if they would but give ear. The Lord would not give ear to the people and their weeping (Deuteronomy 1:45). Nehemiah speaks of how the people did not give ear and suffered for their rebellion (Nehemiah 9:30). David entreats the Lord to give ear to his words and consider his meditation (Psalm 5:1).
Isa 1:6 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 ointment.
putrifying sores - ugh!
putrifying - H2961 - From an unused root apparently meaning to be moist; properly dripping; hence fresh (that is, recently made such).
Used 2 times! Of the new jawbone that Samson used. That is an interesting thought. moist, fresh. Intriguing.
sores - H4347 - (Plural only) from H5221; a blow (in 2Ch_2:10, of the flail); by implication a wound; figuratively carnage, also pestilence.
Used 48 times in 46 verses...let's see what we have with this one. The Lord threatens to bring seven more plagues upon Israel if they walk contrary to Him (Leviticus 26:21).
The Lord slaughtered the Amorites (Joshua 10:10). Ahab was wounded in battle (1 Kings 22:35). Wheat beaten in 2 Chronicles 2:10. The Jews smote all their enemies with a stroke of the sword (Esther 9:5).
I liked this one:
Pro 20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Isa 1:8 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.
A garden of cucumbers...Gill:
As a lodge in a garden of cucumbers: the Targum adds here also,
"after they have gathered them out of it.''
A lodge in a garden of cucumbers was built up for the gardener to watch in at night, that nobody came and stole away the cucumbers, and this was also a lonely place; but when the cucumbers were gathered, the gardener left his lodge entirely; and such a forsaken place would Jerusalem be at the time of its destruction; see Luk_19:43.
This verse made me think...isn't this a song?
Isa 1:18 Come 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.
Though this is not the song I was thinking of, I enjoyed the (brrr) wintry pictures.
I am heartily grateful for the redeeming blood of Jesus Christ, which sought me while I was a an enemy, purchased me by the sinless blood of the Lamb, and continually washes me in HIS Word. Desires to make me fit and holy for HIS purposes. Calls me HIS own. What a wonderful savior.
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