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Isaiah 48:1 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 48 · verse 1
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.Isaiah 48:1 · King James Version
Isaiah 48:1 in context
1Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
3I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
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We may observe here, I. The hypocritical profession which many of the Jews made of religion and relation to God. To those who made such a profession the prophet is here ordered to address himself, for their conviction and humiliation, that they might own God's justice in what he had brought upon them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8