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Warning Against Empty Religion
All the commentators agree that this verse is a sharp rebuke of religious hypocrisy. The people of Judah performed the external acts of faith—identifying as God's people and using His name in oaths and worship—but they lacked genuine sincerity and righteousness. Their religion was a hollow performance.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 48:1
18th Century
Theologian
Hear you this - This is an address to the Jews, regarded as being in Babylon, and is designed to remind them of their origin and their privi…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 48:1
19th Century
Bishop
Are come forth out of the waters of Judah. —The words limit the wider terms of Jacob and Israel to the Judæan exiles. For…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 48:1
19th Century
Preacher
There always were false professors, and I suppose there always will be until Christ comes. A Judas was among the twelve apostles, and we cannot won…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 48:1
16th Century
Theologian
Hear this, O house of Jacob. He now directs his discourse to the Jews, whom he also primarily had in mind throughout the preceding chapter…
John Gill
On Isaiah 48:1
17th Century
Pastor
Hear you this, O house of Jacob
Who were of the house and family of Jacob, his descendants and posterity; and who we…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 48:1–8
17th Century
Minister
The Jews prided themselves on their descent from Jacob and claimed Jehovah as their God. They took pride in Jerusalem and the temple, yet there was…