Isaiah 1:5

Why 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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In The King James Version

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

In Context

4Ah 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

6From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: 2 wounds, welts, and open sores. 2 They haven’t been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:13Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, 2 neither have they sought Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]. 1

Isaiah 31:6Make teshuvah ·complete return· to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel [God prevails].

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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