1:1-9

“The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.”

--Plato

“I love a dog. A dog does nothing for political reasons.”

--Will Rogers

“Congress is so strange.

A man gets up to speak and says nothing,

nobody listens,

and then everybody disagrees.”

--Will Rogers

 “The promising season ends on Election Day.

That same night, the alibi season begins and lasts for the next four years.”

--Will Rogers

      1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

The Book of Isaiah

I.   The King (Ch. 1-37)

II.  The Servant (Ch. 38-55)

III. The Conqueror (Ch. 56-66)

    Isaiah 36:4 Then Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence that you have? 5 “Your counsel and strength for the war are only empty words. Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?"

Isaiah 30:15 For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said,
“In repentance and rest you will be saved,
  In quietness and trust is your strength.”

Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.

    Isaiah 1:2     Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the LORD speaks, “Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me.
    3   “An ox knows its owner,  And a donkey its master’s manger,  But Israel does not know, My people do not understand.”

   4   Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have abandoned the LORD, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away from Him.

   5   Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint.

   6   From the sole of the foot even to the head There is nothing sound in it, Only bruises, welts and raw wounds, Not pressed out or bandaged, Nor softened with oil.

   7   Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your presence; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
   8   The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
   9   Unless the LORD of hosts Had left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah.

2a Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the LORD has spoken:

vv. 2b-8

   2b   “Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me.
    3   “An ox knows its owner,  And a donkey its master’s manger,  But Israel does not know, My people do not understand.”

   4   Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have abandoned the LORD, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away from Him.

The Charges Against Judah

vv. 2b-8

   5   Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint.

   6   From the sole of the foot even to the head There is nothing sound in it, Only bruises, welts and raw wounds, Not pressed out or bandaged, Nor softened with oil.

The Charges Against Judah

vv. 2b-8

    7   Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your presence; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
   8   The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.

The Charges Against Judah

9 Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

Grace in the Consequences

(v. 9)

This passage is about Jesus: the Judge, but also the recipient of the consequences.

This passage is about Jesus: the Judge, but also the recipient of the consequences.

Nobody moves toward a Savior if he doesn't understand his need to be saved. (The charges are accurate.)

This passage is about Jesus: the Judge, but also the recipient of the consequences.

Nobody moves toward a Savior if he doesn't understand his need to be saved.(The charges are accurate.)

God will not abandon His own, in spite of their guilt.