Time after Pentecost · Proper 26 · Year C
Isaiah 1:10-18
True Worship Over Empty Sacrifice
November 5, 2028
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 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Gives a full verse-by-verse walk through God's indictment of empty ritual in this chapter.
Isaiah 1 Resources Precept Austin
Collects verse-by-verse notes and outside sermons across the whole chapter, including verses 10-18.
Isaiah 1:10 Commentaries BibleHub
Stacks multiple classic commentators side by side on the opening verse of the reading.
Isaiah 1 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Offers Albert Barnes' close philological reading of the chapter's charges and promises.
Commentary on Isaiah 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 Interlinear BibleHub
Lets you check the underlying Hebrew of each word in the opening verse.
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