Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 1:4
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4. people —the peculiar designation of God's elect nation ( :- ), that they should be "laden with iniquity" is therefore the more monstrous. Sin is a load ( Psalms 38:4 ; Matthew 11:28 ). seed —another appellation of God's elect ( Genesis 12:7 ; Jeremiah 2:21 ), designed to be a "holy seed" ( Isaiah 6:13 ), but, awful to say, "evildoers!" children —by adoption ( Hosea 11:1 ), yet "evildoers"; not only so, but "corrupters" of others ( Hosea 11:1- : ); the climax. So "nation—people—seed children." provoked —literally, "despised," namely, so as to provoke ( Proverbs 1:30 ; Proverbs 1:31 ). Holy One of Israel —the peculiar heinousness of their sin, that it was against their God ( Amos 3:2 ). gone . . . backward —literally, "estranged" ( Amos 3:2- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"
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