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A Study Commentary on Isaiah: Volume 1: Chapters 1–39 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Volume one covers chapters 1–39. There were no investigative journalists in the ancient world to bring to the attention of the public matters which the rich and powerful wished to keep hidden. But to a certain extent their role was fulfilled in ancient Israel by the prophets of Yahweh, amongst whom was numbered Isaiah. He exposed the follies of the rich, oppression in society, commented on the...

1:5 Where could you be struck again? Will you continue [your] stubbornness? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart afflicted. Having spoken about the people, Isaiah now addresses them directly (‘you’ is plural). His first question reflects on how Yahweh had in his providence sent them reverses and times of national distress. The imagery of 1:5–6 is not that of a person suffering from illness. ‘Struck’ envisages someone who has been flogged, or else has suffered in battle. The nation is personified
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