7aYour country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And itis desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8 So the daughter of Zion is left aas a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, bAs a besieged city.
9aUnless the Lord of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like bSodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, You rulers aof Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah:
11 “To what purpose is the multitude of your asacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats.
12 “When you come ato appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts?
13 Bring no more afutile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and bthe calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
14 Your aNew Moons and your bappointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.
15aWhen you1 spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; bEven though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of1 blood.
16 “Washa yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. bCease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke1 the oppressor; 1Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
18 “Come now, and let us areason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, bThey shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
Jehovah of Sabaoth, that is, God of the angelic and starry hosts (Psalms 59:5; Psalms 147:4; Psalms 148:2). The latter were objects of idolatry, called hence Sabaism (II Kings 17:16). God is above even them (I Chronicles 16:26). "The groves" were symbols of these starry hosts; it was their worship of Sabaoth instead of the Lord of Sabaoth, which had caused the present desolation (II Chronicles 24:18). It needed no less a power than His, to preserve even a "remnant." Condescending grace for the elect's sake, since He has no need of us, seeing that He has countless hosts to serve Him.
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