Isaiah 1 Scofield
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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.
“Hear, O heavens”
The chapter, down to Isa 1:23, states the case of Jehovah against Judah. Chastening, according to Deuteronomy 28-29, had been visited upon Israel in the land (Isa 1:5–8), and now the time of expulsion from the land is near. But just here Jehovah renews the promise of the Palestinian Covenant of future restoration and exaltation Isa 1:26; Isa 1:27; Isa 2:1–4.
1:9 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.
“remnant”
1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
“Bring no more”
(See Scofield "2 Cor 8:1") Is 1:11-17.
1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
“thy judges”
Under the kingdom the ancient method of administering the theocratic government over Israel is to be restored. Cf. Judg 2:18; Matt 19:28.
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Introduction to Isaiah
Isaiah is justly accounted the chief of the writing prophets. He has the more comprehensive testimony and is distinctively the prophet of redemption. Nowhere else in the Scriptures written under the law have we so clear a view of grace. The New Testament Church does not appear (Eph 3:3–10), but Messiah in His Person and sufferings, and the blessing of the Gentiles through Him, are in full vision.
Apart from his testimony to his own time, which includes warnings of coming judgments upon the great nations of that day, the predictive messages of Isaiah cover seven great themes: Israel in exile and divine judgment upon Israel's oppressors. The return from Babylon. The manifestation of Messiah in humiliation (e.g. Isaiah 53). The blessing of the Gentiles. The manifestation of Messiah in judgment ("the day of vengeance of our God"). The reign of David's righteous Branch in the kingdom-age. The new heavens and the new earth.
Isaiah is in two chief divisions:
1. Looking toward the captivities, Isa 1:1 to Isa 39:8. Key verses, Isa 1:1–2.
2. Looking beyond the captivities, Isa 40:1 to Isa 66:24. Key verses, Isa 40:1–2.
These chief divisions fall into subdivisions, as indicated in the text.
The events recorded in Isaiah cover a period of 62 years (Ussher).