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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Isaiah 1 This chapter, after the inscription, contains a charge of aggravated sin against the Jews; God's rejection of their ceremonial sacrifices and service; an exhortation to repentance and obedience, with a promise of pardon; a restoration from their sad estate; a prophecy of their restoration to a better; and of the destruction of idolatrous sinners. The inscription is in...
John Gill
But if ye refuse and rebel,.... The Targum is, "and do not receive my Word"; the Messiah, when come, neither his person, nor his doctrines and ordinances: ye shall be devoured with the sword; of the Roman armies, as they were under Titus Vespasian; see Matthew 22:7 for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken [it]; now, by Isaiah, as well as in former times, Leviticus 26:25.
Matthew Henry
The Vision of Isaiah. (b. c. 738.) 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Here is, I. The name of the prophet, Isaiah, or Jesahiahu (for so it is in the Hebrew), which, in the New Testament is read Esaias. His name signifies the salvation of the Lord—a proper name for a prophet by whom...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. So the Lord has mercy in his right hand for those who will turn from their sin; but he has a sword in his left hand for those who will abide in their iniquities. God grant to us grace now to yield to the sweet reasoning of his love, and to turn from our sins, for his dear Son’s sake! Amen.
Charles H. Spurgeon
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.