Isaías 1
F.B. Meyer · Citado em PreceptAustin
Isaías 1:10-15
Meyer adds "Notice that and. It is very emphatic. The solemn meeting is not sufficient to deliver the soul from iniquity, because its effect may only be skin-deep." John
Isaías 1:21-26
Meyer - Isaiah 1:25 I will purge away thy dross, and take away thine alloy. The silver had become dross. Jerusalem, the chosen city, was filled with infidelity, formalism, impurity, and deeds of violence. She had been full of judgment, righteousness had lodged in her; but now, murderers. And this was the reason for the blows that had fallen upon her with such unsparing force. The whole land was now desolate; the cities burned with fire; only a small remnant of the people was left. The prophet, his patriot heart wrung with grief, compares her to a sick man in the last stage of disease, the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint; from the sole of the foot, even unto the head, there is no soundness in it. Would it not be well for us to search our hearts, and ask whether there may not be some counterpart to this in our declension from our God, and the consequent suffering to which we have been brought? He loves us too well to allow the process of deterioration to go unchecked. But here the Almighty Lover of his people resolves to bring his hand to the work of entire purging and cleansing. He will no longer simply punish. He will take away the men who had been his adversaries and enemies from the midst of his people, thoroughly purging away the dross and taking away all the tin. There is an immeasurable difference between punishing and refining. It is a great matter for the soul, when God ceases from the one and commences the other; and when we no longer suffer from the results of past sins, but are restored as at the first, and converted as at the beginning. (Our Daily Homily) Isaiah 1:26 Then I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning; after that you will be called the city of righteousness, a faithful city. (NASB: Lockman) English Translation of the Greek (Septuagint): And I will establish thy judges as before, and thy counselors as at the beginning: and afterward thou shalt be called the city of righteousness, the faithful mother-city of Sion. Amplified: And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning; afterward you shall be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City. (Amplified Bible - Lockman) KJV: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. NET: I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called, 'The Just City, Faithful Town.'" (NET Bible) NJB: ‘And I shall restore your judges as at first, your counselors as in bygone days, after which you will be called City of Saving Justice, Faithful City.' (NJB) NLT: Afterward I will give you good judges and wise counselors like the ones you used to have. Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice and the Faithful City." (NLT - Tyndale House) Young's Literal: And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counselors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, `A city of righteousness--a faithful city.' Then I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning: Isa 32:1,2; 60:17,18; Numbers 12:3; 16:15; 1Samuel 12:2-5; Jeremiah 33:7,15, 16, 17; Ezekiel 34:23,24; 37:24,25; 45:8) Prophetic Passage - This is prophecy which has not obviously been fulfilled, so that the ultimate fulfillment looks to the future when Christ returns to triumph over His enemies. Then - Then (see expressions of time in inductive Bible study) marks sequence and in this case marks the termination of this present age which is brought to a close by the Second Coming of Messiah at the end of Daniel's Seventieth Week, the time period in Israel's future history which Jeremiah referred to as the time of Jacob's distress (Jer 30:6, 7). This period constitutes the last three and one-half years of Daniel's Seventieth Week, the time Jesus referred to as the Great Tribulation (see notes; Mt 24:15, 21, 30, cp Da 9:27-note) After Judah's 70 year exile in Babylon there was a partial restoration (cp Da 9:2, 2Chr 36:20, 21, Jer 25:11, 12, 29:10), but God's promise in this verse looks forward to complete and permanent restoration of God's people Israel (saved Israel, not the church!). At that time, in the Millennium, Israel and Jerusalem will be over all the world's nations (Jer 3:17, Ezek 5:5, Micah 4:2, Zech 8:22, 14:16). Your judges - "Your" refers to the faithful city Jerusalem that at the time Isaiah penned these words had become a city unfaithful to Jehovah (Isa 1:21). Scofield interprets this verse to signify that… Under the future kingdom the ancient method of administering the theocratic government over Israel is to be restored. (In the book of Judges) The judges were tribesmen in Israel upon whom the LORD laid the burden of Israel's apostate and oppressed state. They were men raised up by God, the theocratic King, to represent Him in the nation. They were patriots and religious reformers because national security and prosperity were inseparably connected with loyalty and obedience to the LORD. Jamieson who is one of the more literal interpreters of the OT (more so than Albert Barnes, Adam Clarke, and Matthew Henry) explains that… As the degeneracy had shown itself most in the magistrates (Isa 1:17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23), so, at the "restoration," these shall be such as the theocracy "at the first" had contemplated, namely, after the Babylonish restoration in part and typically, but fully and antitypically under Messiah (Isa 32:1 Isa 52:8 Jer 33:7 Mt 19:28). Jesus may have been alluding to this future judgeship when He declared… Truly I say to you (in answer to Peter's question Mt 19:27), that you who have followed Me (He is referring to His disciples in this context), in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Mt 19:28) Paul also alluded to a future judgeship for all believers… Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? (cp the role of believers in the Millennial Kingdom - see Re 2:26-note, Re 2:27-note, Re 3:21-note, Re 20:4-note, cp Da 7:22) And if the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, matters of this life? (1Cor 6:2,3) Saints Raptured Messiah Returns After 69th Week Daniel's 70th Week = 7 Years The Millennium Cross This Present Evil Age Last 3.5yr = Great Tribulation Jehovah Shammah Messiah Reigns 1000 Years in The City of Righteousness A Faithful City 3.5yr 3.5yr After that you will be called the city of righteousness, a faithful city: (Is 1:21; 60:21; 62:1; Je 31:23; Zeph 3:9,13; Zech 8:8; Re 21:27) After that - After what? After the return of Messiah who defeats the Antichrist (Re 19:11, 12, 13, 14, 15-note, Re 19:16-note, Re 19:19-note, Re 19:20-note [beast = Antichrist], Re 19:21-note) and the establishes His Millennial Kingdom and reigns on earth from Jerusalem (Mt 25:31, Re 20:6). Then and only then will Jerusalem be a truly righteous, faithful city (cp Similar description of Kingdom privileges [Ro 14:17-note] available to those in whom the King now reigns by grace through faith). The city of righteousness - This name for Jerusalem reflects the identification of the Place with the Person and Presence of the Righteous Branch, the Messiah (Jer 23:5, 33:15 -see below). In short, the city unfaithful city will finally and fully take on the same characteristics as the LORD, the Righteous One, Who dwells within her. God’s presence is made unforgettable in the very name of the city -- The Lord is Our Righteousness (Je 33:16). In Jeremiah Jehovah, the covenant keeping God, gives a parallel prophetic promise… Behold (Hebrew = hinneh = This interjection functions like a command calling the reader/listener to pay special attention to what follows), days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the good word (the unconditional Abrahamic Covenant and the New Covenant [see Abrahamic vs Old vs New] he had just explained - Je 31:31, 32, 33) which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 'In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David (Messiah) to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth (cp Re 19:11, 12, 13, 14, 15-note, Re 19:16-note, Re 19:19-note, Re 19:20-note [beast = Antichrist], Re 19:21-note). In those days Judah shall be saved (the believing Jewish remnant = see Zec 12:10, 13:8,9, Ro 11:26, 27-note; cp the Second Coming of Christ) and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she (Jerusalem is personified as a woman) shall be called: the LORD is our righteousness. 17 "For thus says the LORD, 'David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel (the Davidic Covenant 2Sa 7:14, 15, 16) 18 and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to prepare sacrifices continually.'" (Jer 33:14, 15, 16, 17, 18) Faithful city - Like a faithful wife. No longer a (spiritual) harlot (Is 1:21, Je 2:20, 21, 3:1, Ezek 15, 16, 17ff) a spiritual adulterer who gives her "affection" to idols that are no gods at all (cp Dt 32:17, 2Ki 19:18, Je 2:11, Ho 8:6, 7,Acts 19:26b). After the final purging, the only Jews who will enter the city of righteousness are those who are also righteous (by grace through faith in their Messiah). Related Resource Chart Depicting God's Plan for Jerusalem