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Time after Pentecost · Proper 26 · Year C

Isaiah 1:10-18

True Worship Over Empty Sacrifice

November 5, 2028

The Prophet Isaiah (Sistine Chapel ceiling), Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Prophet Isaiah (Sistine Chapel ceiling), Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1509Sistine Chapel, Vatican
The prophet turning from his book as if someone had spoken behind him, with his name cut into the plinth below.The words of the prophet Isaiah, who is named on the stone beneath him.Michelangelo BuonarrotiMichelangelo, on the ceiling, giving each prophet the moment of being interrupted.Sistine Chapel, VaticanThe Sistine Chapel, Vatican.Sistine Chapel, Vatican
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 19:1-10Lk 19:1-10
Epistle2 Thess. 1:1-5, 11-122 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12
Old TestamentIsa. 1:10-18Is 1:10-18
PsalterPs. 130Ps 130

Overview & Insights

"Cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed." (Isaiah 1:16-17)

Isaiah delivers a courtroom-style indictment of Jerusalem's worship, announcing that God is sickened by sacrifices offered alongside injustice. The passage turns from rejection to an offer of forgiveness, inviting the people to reason together with God and be made clean.

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Commentary

Isaiah 1 CommentaryIs 1 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Gives a full verse-by-verse walk through God's indictment of empty ritual in this chapter.

Isaiah 1 ResourcesIs 1 Resources Precept Austin

Collects verse-by-verse notes and outside sermons across the whole chapter, including verses 10-18.

Isaiah 1:10 CommentariesIs 1:10 Commentaries BibleHub

Stacks multiple classic commentators side by side on the opening verse of the reading.

Isaiah 1 (Barnes' Notes)Is 1 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight

Offers Albert Barnes' close philological reading of the chapter's charges and promises.

Commentary on Isaiah 1:10-18Commentary on Is 1:10-18 Working Preacher

The site's single Lutheran voice, framing the passage as worship that must show itself in justice.

Isaiah 1:10 InterlinearIs 1:10 Interlinear BibleHub

Lets you check the underlying Hebrew of each word in the opening verse.

Background & Word Study

Isaiah 1:10-18Is 1:10-18 Sefaria

Gives the Hebrew text side by side with English for the whole reading.

The Church Fathers

Isaiah 1 CatenaIs 1 Catena Catena

Collects patristic and medieval comments verse by verse across the chapter.

Art & Music

Art, music and hymns for Isaiah 1:10-18Art, music and hymns for Is 1:10-18 Vanderbilt

The Vanderbilt Divinity Library index of visual art, hymns and music chosen for this reading.

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