Isaiah 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

Hear, O heavens. The very words of Moses, Deuteronomy 32:1. This implies that the law was the charter and basis of prophecy (Isaiah 8:20).

The Lord hath spoken - Yahweh: in Hebrew, the self-existing and promise-fulfilling unchangeable One. The Jews never pronounced this holy name, but substituted 'Adonaay (H136). The English version LORD (in capitals) marks the Hebrew Yahweh (H3068): though Lord is rather equivalent to 'Adonaay than Yahweh.

I have nourished ... children (Exodus 4:22 ), and they have rebelled against me - as sons (Deuteronomy 21:18) and as subjects, God being King in the theocracy (Isaiah 63:10).

And brought up - Hebrew, romamti; literature, elevated, namely, to special privileges (Jeremiah 2:6-8; Romans 9:4-5).

Isaiah 1:2

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.