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Isaiah 1:25
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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. 
29 For1 they shall be ashamed of the2 terebinth trees
Which you have desired;
And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens
Which you have chosen. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Isaiah 1:25

I will turn my hand upon thee - So the common version; and this seems to be a metaphor taken from the custom of those who, when the metal is melted, strike off the scoriae with their hand previously to its being poured out into the mould. I have seen this done with the naked hand, and no injury whatever sustained.

Purge away thy dross "In the furnace" - The text has cabbor , which some render "as with soap;" as if it were the same with keborith ; so Kimchi; but soap can have nothing to do with the purifying of metals. Others, "according to purity," or "purely," as our version. Le Clerc conjectured that the true reading is kechur , "as in the furnace;" see Ezekiel 22:18, Ezekiel 22:20. Dr. Durell proposes only a transposition of letters to the same sense; and so likewise Archbishop Secker. That this is the true reading is highly probable.


 
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