Isaiah 1:25

Isaiah 1:25

23 ^aYour princes are rebellious,
And ^bcompanions of thieves;
^cEveryone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They ^ddo not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

24 Therefore the Lord says,
The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“Ah, ^aI will rid Myself of My adversaries,
And¹ take vengeance on My enemies.

25 I will turn My hand against you,
And ^athoroughly purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.

26 I will restore your judges ^aas at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward ^byou shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
And her¹ penitents with righteousness.

28 The ^adestruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together,
And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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turn . . . hand—not in wrath, but in grace (Zechariah 13:7), "upon thee," as Isaiah 1:26-27 show; contrasted with the enemies, of whom He will avenge Himself (Isaiah 1:24).

purely—literally, "as alkali purifies."

thy dross—not thy sins, but the sinful persons (Jeremiah 6:29); "enemies" (Isaiah 1:24); degenerate princes (see on Isaiah 1:22), intermingled with the elect "remnant" of grace.

tin—Hebrew, bedil, here the alloy of lead, tin, etc., separated by smelting from the silver. The pious Bishop Bedell took his motto from this.

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 1:25:**

Isaiah 4:4
Isaiah 48:10
Jeremiah 9:7
Zechariah 13:7
Malachi 3:2
2 Thessalonians 2:8

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