Thus shall you say ... — The words are a protest against the high-sounding phrase, “This is the burden, the oracle of Jehovah.” This, with…

Here the Prophet explains himself more clearly; he shows why God would not have his word called a burden. Why so? Because they, in a way, closed th…

Thus shall you say everyone to his neighbour, and everyone
to his brother
When confer…

Those are indeed miserable who are forsaken and forgotten by God; and people's jesting at God's judgments will not thwart them. God had taken Israe…

1. Here, the prophet threatens those who mock the prophets. Just as they ridiculed Isaiah in his day, saying, “Command, command again, e…