Isaiah 1:1-4
In chapter 1 Isaiah the prophet received a revelation from God concerning Judah and Jerusalem. The prophetic message he received was God’s case of judgment against them. The Lord spoke, commanding heaven and earth to be witnesses to His Divine action against Judah and Jerusalem: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me” (v.2). “The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master’s feed trough; But Israel does not know, My people do not understand” (v.3). The word from God here was an illustration that animals knew their owner and who provided for them. But His chosen people don’t know their Master and rebelled against Him. They do not understand His authority and expectation of loyalty for the One who chose them to be His spiritual children. Isaiah gave God’s description of these disobedient Israelites: “Alas, sinful nation, A people weighed down with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the Lord, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward” (1:4). God miraculously delivered them out of bondage from their oppression in Egypt. Yet they became a disobedient “brood of evildoers,” whose sins were epidemic and led them to abandon God. Their sins grieved Him just as ours do today. However, God’s love is persistent for the crown jewel of His creation. He is a “God full of compassion, and gracious,Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth” (Ps. 86:15).
Today, lift your voice and give Him praise.