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Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Gomorrah;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Ordinance;   Sodom;   Wicked (People);   Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom;   Law of Moses;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Delight;   Hate;   Hearing;   Hiding;   Prayer;   Requirements;   Sacrifice;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Burnt Offering, the;   Ear, the;   Sins, National;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Israel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ethics;   Genesis, Theology of;   Hypocrisy;   Legalism;   Word;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captain;   Gomorrah;   Sodom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gomorrah;   Jerusalem;   Law;   Sacrifice;   Vine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acceptance;   Chief;   Expiation, Propitiation;   Forgiveness;   Isaiah;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Sodom and Gomorrah;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gift, Giving;   Isaiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Weights and Measures;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Self-Examination;   Sodom;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gomorrah, Gomorrha ;   Sodom, Sodoma ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gomorrah;   Scripture;   Sodom;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Captain;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captain;   Isaiah;   Ruler;   Word;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Homiletics;   Judaism;   Nomism;   Poetry;  

Devotionals:

- My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for January 19;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Hear the word of Yahweh,You rulers of Sodom;Give ear to the law of our God,You people of Gomorrah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the instruction of our God, You people of Gomorrah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare the worde of the Lord ye lordes of Sodoma, and hearken vnto the lawe of our God thou people of Gomorra.
Darby Translation
Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!
New King James Version
Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah:
Literal Translation
Hear the Word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom. Listen to the Law of our God, people of Gomorrah.
Easy-to-Read Version
You officers of Sodom, listen to the Lord 's message. You people of Gomorrah, listen to God's teaching.
King James Version (1611)
Heare the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, giue eare vnto the Law of our God, yee people of Gomorrah.
King James Version
Hear the word of the Lord , ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare the worde of the LORDE ye tyrauntes of Sodoma: and herken vnto the lawe of oure God, thou people of Gomorra.
THE MESSAGE
"Listen to my Message, you Sodom-schooled leaders. Receive God's revelation, you Gomorrah-schooled people.
Amplified Bible
Hear the word of the LORD [rulers of Jerusalem], You rulers of [another] Sodom, Listen to the law and instruction of our God, You people of [another] Gomorrah.
American Standard Version
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
Update Bible Version
Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
New English Translation
Listen to the Lord 's word, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God's rebuke, people of Gomorrah!
Contemporary English Version
You are no better than the leaders and people of Sodom and Gomorrah! So listen to the Lord God:
Complete Jewish Bible
Hear what Adonai says, you rulers of S'dom! Listen to God's Torah, you people of ‘Amora!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare the worde of the Lorde, O princes of Sodom: hearken vnto the Law of our God, O people of Gomorah.
George Lamsa Translation
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
Hebrew Names Version
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sedom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of `Amorah!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
New Living Translation
Listen to the Lord , you leaders of "Sodom." Listen to the law of our God, people of "Gomorrah."
New Life Bible
Hear the Word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom. Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrha.
English Revised Version
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Berean Standard Bible
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
New Revised Standard
Hear the word of the Lord , you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom, - Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
Lexham English Bible
Hear the word of Yahweh, rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, people of Gomorrah!
English Standard Version
Hear the word of the Lord , you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
New American Standard Bible
Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Listen to the instruction of our God, You people of Gomorrah!
New Century Version
Jerusalem, your rulers are like those of Sodom, and your people are like those of Gomorrah. Hear the word of the Lord ; listen to the teaching of our God!
Good News Translation
Jerusalem, your rulers and your people are like those of Sodom and Gomorrah. Listen to what the Lord is saying to you. Pay attention to what our God is teaching you.
Christian Standard Bible®
Hear the word of the Lord , you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye princes of men of Sodom, here the word of the Lord; and ye puple of Gommorre, perseyue with eeris the lawe of youre God.
Revised Standard Version
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomor'rah!
Young's Literal Translation
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,

Contextual Overview

10 Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah! 11 "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies. 14 My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hear: 1 Kings 22:19-23, Amos 3:1, Amos 3:8, Micah 3:8-12

Sodom: Genesis 13:13, Deuteronomy 32:32, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 23:14, Ezekiel 16:46, Amos 9:7, Revelation 11:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:2 - Sodom Genesis 34:24 - every male Exodus 34:5 - the name Numbers 16:15 - Respect Numbers 23:14 - built seven 2 Samuel 15:12 - while he offered 2 Kings 7:1 - Elisha said 2 Kings 20:16 - Hear 2 Chronicles 18:18 - hear the word 2 Chronicles 35:9 - gave Nehemiah 13:17 - I contended Psalms 59:5 - the heathen Proverbs 15:8 - sacrifice Isaiah 28:14 - ye Isaiah 48:1 - not in truth Jeremiah 7:2 - Hear Jeremiah 7:10 - come Jeremiah 10:1 - General Jeremiah 22:2 - Hear Jeremiah 44:24 - Hear Lamentations 4:6 - punishment of the iniquity of the daughter Ezekiel 11:1 - Pelatiah Ezekiel 13:2 - Hear Ezekiel 16:3 - Thy birth Ezekiel 16:35 - hear Ezekiel 34:3 - ye kill Ezekiel 34:7 - General Hosea 4:1 - Hear Hosea 11:8 - Admah Amos 8:4 - Hear Micah 3:1 - Hear Zephaniah 2:1 - O nation Zechariah 12:5 - the governors Matthew 5:23 - thou Matthew 21:33 - Hear Luke 11:42 - and pass Luke 15:15 - he went Luke 16:15 - for John 4:23 - true John 18:28 - and they Acts 4:5 - rulers

Cross-References

Genesis 1:4
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
Psalms 104:31
Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever. Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom,.... Not literally, but mystically, meaning the governors of Judea; they and their people having sinned in like manner, and as openly, as the rulers of Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof; see Isaiah 3:9 and so the Targum paraphrases the words,

"receive the word of the Lord, ye governors, whose works are evil like the governors of Sodom.''

These are called to attend to the word of the Lord; either the Scriptures, which should be the rule of faith and practice, from which they had swerved; or to the word which now came to them by the prophet, and is contained in the following verses; or rather to the Gospel preached to them by John the Baptist, Christ, and his apostles, see Isaiah 2:3 which being rejected by them as it was, it is declared that it would be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for them, Matthew 11:24

give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah; the inhabitants of Judea; for as were both the civil and ecclesiastical rulers, so were the people both in Isaiah's time, and in the times of Christ and his apostles. The Targum is,

"hearken to the law of our God, ye people whose works are like to the people of Gomorrah.''

And by "the law of our God" is meant, not so much the law of Moses, which these people had not hearkened to, but had broken it, and cast it away from them, as the doctrine of the grace of God, the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our God; which was first sent and preached to this wicked people, for the sake of the small remnant, according to the election of grace left among them; see Isaiah 2:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear the word of the Lord - The message of God. Having stated the calamities under which the nation was groaning, the prophet proceeds to address the rulers, and to state the cause of all these woes.

Ye rulers of Sodom - The incidental mention Sodom in the previous verse gives occasion for this beautiful transition, and abrupt and spirited address. Their character and destiny were almost like those of Sodom, and the prophet therefore openly addresses the rulers as being called to preside over a people like those in Sodom. There could have been no more severe or cutting reproof of their wickedness than to address them as resembling the people whom God overthrew for their enormous crimes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 1:10. Ye rulers of Sodom - "Ye princes of Sodom"] The incidental mention of Sodom and Gomorrah in the preceding verse suggested to the prophet this spirited address to the rulers and inhabitants of Jerusalem, under the character of princes of Sodom and people of Gomorrah. Two examples of a sort of elegant turn of the like kind may be observed in St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Romans 15:4-5; Romans 15:12-13. See Locke on the place; and see Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 1:30, of this chapter, which gives another example of the same.

AND - like unto Gomorrah. - The ו vau is added by thirty-one of Kennicott's MSS., twenty-nine of De Rossi's and one, very ancient, of my own. See on Isaiah 1:6.


 
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