Isaiah 1:4

Ah sinnful ·deviant (from the standard goal)· nation, 2 a people loaded with depravity (moral evil), 2 offspring of evildoers, 2 children who deal corruptly! 1 They have forsaken Adonai. 2 They have despised haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails]. 2 They are estranged and backward. 1

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In The King James Version

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

In Context

3The ox knows his owner, 2 and the donkey his master’s crib; 2 but Israel [God prevails] does not know, 2 my people don’t consider.” 1

5Why should you be beaten more, 2 that you revolt more and more? 1 The whole head is sick, 2 and the whole heart faint. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 32:7Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], “Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], have corrupted themselves!

Deuteronomy 29:25Then men will say, “Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery],

Deuteronomy 32:5They have dealt corruptly with him. 2 They are not his children, because of their defect. 2 They are a perverse and crooked generation. + 32:5. Quoted in Phil 2:15 1

Psalms 58:3The wicked go astray from the womb. 2 They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:3-10

The Degeneracy of Israel; The Sinfulness of Israel; The Sufferings of Israel. ( b. c. 738.) 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord , they have provoked the Holy One of… Read the whole commentary →

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