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Sin's Tangible Destruction
Commentators explain that the desolate country and burned cities are not random tragedies but the direct, physical consequences of Judah's spiritual rebellion. Isaiah moves from a figurative description of a sick body (v. 6) to the literal devastation of the land, showing how national sin leads to national ruin, fulfilling warnings given centuries earlier in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 1:7
18th Century
Theologian
Your country is desolate - This is the literal statement of what he had just affirmed by a figure. In this, there was much art. The figure (…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 1:7
19th Century
Bishop
Your country is desolate...—It is natural to take the words as describing the actual state of things when the prophet wro…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 1:5–9
19th Century
Preacher
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot …
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 1:7
16th Century
Theologian
Your country is desolate. Literally, it is desolation; and thus Isaiah goes on to speak more fully and plainly of what he had alr…
John Gill
On Isaiah 1:7
17th Century
Pastor
Your country [is] desolate
Or "shall be"; this is either a declaration in proper terms of what is before figurativel…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 1:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Isaiah signifies, "The salvation of the Lord"���a very suitable name for this prophet, who prophesies so much about Jesus the Savior and His salvat…