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Isaiah 31:6

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

Turning to God in giving up sin.

Connect with Isaiah 31:7. Here is indicated one essential characteristic of a genuine conversion or reformation. Two kinds of "turning" are suggested.

I. TURNING TO GOD AS A VOICELESS SENTIMENT. Merely good sentiments, revivalistic emotions, gushing fervors, temporary excitements, have no voice that can reach to God.

II. TURNING TO GOD SPEAKING THROUGH ACTS. Putting away idols—God can hear that. He knows what that means. Giving up sins—God can hear that. Cutting off right hands—God can hear that. Plucking out right eyes—God can hear that. This is the voice for which God asks, and to which he so graciously responds. "Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."—R.T.

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