Isaiah 1:22

Thou art woefully degenerated from thy former purity. If there be any remainders of religion and justice in thee, they are mixed with many and great corruptions.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy silver - The sentiment in this verse, as it is explained by the following, is, thy princes and people have become corrupt, and polluted. Silv...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thy (f) silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: (f) Whatever was pure in you before, is now corrupt, though you have an outward show.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A complete poem, of uncertain date, in elegiac rhythm. How has the city once loyal to Yahweh become faithless to her husband! Her silver has become d...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wine . liquor, or drink. Hebrew. saba' . App-27.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water Isaiah speaks metaphorically, and by two comparisons shows here, that though the o...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: Wine mixed with water - An image used for the adulteration of wines, with more propriety than...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water - Thy princes and people are deg...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jehovah's Arraignment of His People This chapter is general in character, and much of it (e.g. Isaiah 1:10-17 ) might refer to almost any period....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mixed ] read, 'weakened.' The images describe the degeneracy of the rulers; the best have become debased.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thy silver is become dross ... — The two images describe the degeneracy of the rulers to whose neglect this disorder was due. (See Notes on Jeremia...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE ARGUMENT OF THE LORD AND ITS CONCLUSION Isaiah 1:1-31 -His General Preface THE first chapter of the Book of Isaiah owes its posi...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIX AT THE LOWEST EBB Isaiah 1:1 ; Isaiah 22:1-25 IN the drama of Isaiah's life we have now arrived at the final act-a short and shar...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Nation Purged of Dross by Disaster Isaiah 1:21-31 The great lover of our souls does not abandon His people even when they spurn the first ove...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah was a prophet to Judah. He exercised his ministry wholly within her borders, and with a view to her correction and comfort. His burdens of the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Under these figures of speech, are represented the sad fall of our nature. It forms in language a beautiful, though in reality, an awful account. But...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy silver is become dross ,.... Meaning either that such persons, who had the appearance of goodness, looked like genuine silver, were now become r...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: Ver. 22. Thy silver is become dross. ] Heb., Drosses, a proverbial kind of speech, decipher...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy silver is become dross Thou art wofully degenerated from thy former purity. Thy wine mixed with water If there be any remains of religion and...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Degeneracy of Jerusalem; Reformation of the Church. B. C. 738....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Outlines The Message He Is Bringing ( Isaiah 1:1-31 ). This introductory message is also presented in balanced chiastic form. a He calls o...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Further Description of Their State Before God ( Isaiah 1:21-23 ). Isaiah 1:21 ‘How is the faithful city, Become a prostitute? She who was f...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Purpose For The Future ( Isaiah 1:21-26 ). The call having been made to Israel for response, God describes their present state and guarantee...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MORAL DECLENSION Isaiah 1:21-23 . How is the faithful city become an harlot! [430] It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE POSSIBLE DEGENERACY OF VALUABLE THINGS Isaiah 1:22 . Thy silver is become dross . There are many valuable and good things in the world that t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 1:1 . The vision. What the prophet saw with the eyes of his mind, concerning the state of Judah and Jerusalem, his ministry being chiefly c...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken God finds vindication in nature I well remember two funerals going out of my h...
The Biblical Illustrator

Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water. Silver The silver represents the princes and lords, viewed with reference to the nobilit...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART I.— EARLIER PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH ( CH . 1-35.) SECTION I.— THE GREAT ARRAIGNMENT ( Isaiah 1:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord's Complaint against Jerusalem
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thy silver, the princes and rulers, which formerly distinguished the city, is become dross, thy wine, the leaders and nobles, mixed with water, t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 2:17 ; Ezekiel 22:18-22 ; Hosea 4:18 ; Hosea 6:4 ; Jeremiah 6:28-30 ; Lamentations 4:1 ; Lamentations 4:2

²² Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 1:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:22