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Isaiah 1:15

Isaiah 1:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

I will hide mine eyes, etc. A time comes when the wicked are alarmed, and seek to turn to God; but it is too late. "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me" ().

When ye make many prayers; literally, multiply prayer. Full of blood (comp. ). Actual bloodshed may be pointed at, as the murder of Zechariah (2 Chronicles 24:21), and the fate which befell Isaiah himself, according to the tradition, would seem to show.

But cruelty and oppression, producing poverty and wretchedness, and tending to shorten life, are no doubt also included (comp. , ). These were the special sins of the time (see verses 17, 23).

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