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True Worship is Action
Commentators like Spurgeon and Calvin emphasize that God is not pleased by empty religious rituals when justice is ignored. This verse shows that true worship involves actively doing good: seeking justice, correcting oppression, and caring for the most vulnerable. These actions are the substance of what God truly desires from his people, far more than sacrifices or ceremonies.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 1:17
18th Century
Theologian
Learn to do well—To learn here means to become accustomed to it, to practice it. To do well stands opposed to all kinds of evil. Seek ju…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 1:17
19th Century
Bishop
Relieve the oppressed. —More accurately, correct the oppressor. The prophet calls on the rulers not merely to acts of benevolence…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 1:17
19th Century
Preacher
Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
This is better than all your incense, or the fat of…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 1:17
16th Century
Theologian
Learn to do well. As he had just now, in enjoining them to cease to do evil, charged them with the continual practice of iniquity…
John Gill
On Isaiah 1:17
17th Century
Pastor
Learn to do well
Which men are naturally ignorant of; to do good they have no knowledge; nor can they that are accus…
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…