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Inner Purity Over Ritual
Commentators stress that God's command to "wash" is a call for deep, internal repentance, not just ceremonial cleansing. God is not impressed by religious activities if the heart is polluted by sin. Scholars like Calvin and Spurgeon explain that true worship must spring from a pure conscience and a genuinely changed heart, making outward actions pleasing to God.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 1:16
18th Century
Theologian
Wash you - This is, of course, to be understood in a moral sense, meaning that they should put away their sins. Sin is represented in the Sc…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 1:16
19th Century
Bishop
Wash you, make you clean...—The words were probably as an echo of Psalm 51:7. Both psalmist and prophet had entered into …
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 1:16–17
19th Century
Preacher
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve th…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 1:16
16th Century
Theologian
Wash you, make you clean. He exhorts the Jews to repentance and points out the true way to it, provided that they wish to have their obedi…
John Gill
On Isaiah 1:16
17th Century
Pastor
Wash you, make you clean, &c . ] These two words are to be regarded as one, since they intend the same thing, and suppose…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 1:16–20
17th Century
Minister
Not only feel sorrow for the sin committed, but break off the practice. We must be doing, not stand idle. We must be doing the good the Lord our Go…