以赛亚书 58:1

1 你 要 大 声 喊 叫 ， 不 可 止 息 ； 扬 起 声 来 ， 好 像 吹 角 。 向 我 百 姓 说 明 他 们 的 过 犯 ； 向 雅 各 家 说 明 他 们 的 罪 恶 。

以赛亚书 58:1 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 58:1

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet
These words are directed to the prophet; and so the Targum expresses it,

``O prophet, cry with thy throat;''

and so it is in the original, "cry with the throat" ^F4, which is an instrument of speech; and it denotes a loud, strong, vehement cry, when a man exerts his voice, and as it were rends his throat, that he may be heard; as well as it shows the intenseness of his spirit, and the vehemence of his affections, and the importance of what he delivers; and this the prophet is encouraged to do, and "spare not", the voice, throat, or his lungs, nor the people neither he was sent unto; or, "cease not", as the Targum, refrain not from speaking, "cease not crying"; so Ben Melech: "lift up thy voice like a trumpet"; like the voice or sound of a trumpet, which is heard afar, and gives an alarm; and to which the Gospel ministry is sometimes compared, ( Isaiah 27:13 ) all which shows the manner in which the ministers of the word should deliver it, publicly, boldly, with ardour and affection; and also the deafness and stupidity of the people which require it: and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their
sins;
by whom are meant the professing people of God, the present reformed churches, as distinguished from the antichristian ones, spoken of in the preceding chapter; who yet are guilty of many sins and transgressions, which must be showed them, and they must be sharply reproved for; and particularly their coldness and deadness, formality and hypocrisy in religious worship; their "works not being perfect" before God, or sincere and upright, as is said of the Sardian church, which designs the same persons, ( Revelation 3:1 Revelation 3:2 ) . In the Talmud ^F5 the words are thus paraphrased, "shew my people their transgression"; these are the disciples of the wise men, whose sins of error or ignorance become to them presumptuous ones; "and the house of Jacob their sins"; these are the people of the earth, or the common people, whose presumptuous sins become to them as sins of ignorance.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Nwrgb arq) "clama in gutture", Pagninus, Montanus; "exclama gutture", Junius & Tremellius; "exclama pleno gutture", Piscator; "clama pleno gut ture", Cocceius.
F5 T. Bab. Metzia, fol. 33. 2.

以赛亚书 58:1 In-Context

1 你 要 大 声 喊 叫 ， 不 可 止 息 ； 扬 起 声 来 ， 好 像 吹 角 。 向 我 百 姓 说 明 他 们 的 过 犯 ； 向 雅 各 家 说 明 他 们 的 罪 恶 。

2 他 们 天 天 寻 求 我 ， 乐 意 明 白 我 的 道 ， 好 像 行 义 的 国 民 ， 不 离 弃 他 们 　 神 的 典 章 ， 向 我 求 问 公 义 的 判 语 ， 喜 悦 亲 近 　 神 。

3 他 们 说 ： 我 们 禁 食 ， 你 为 何 不 看 见 呢 ？ 我 们 刻 苦 己 心 ， 你 为 何 不 理 会 呢 ？ 看 哪 ， 你 们 禁 食 的 日 子 仍 求 利 益 ， 勒 逼 人 为 你 们 做 苦 工 。

4 你 们 禁 食 ， 却 互 相 争 竞 ， 以 凶 恶 的 拳 头 打 人 。 你 们 今 日 禁 食 ， 不 得 使 你 们 的 声 音 听 闻 於 上 。

5 这 样 禁 食 岂 是 我 所 拣 选 、 使 人 刻 苦 己 心 的 日 子 麽 ？ 岂 是 叫 人 垂 头 像 苇 子 ， 用 麻 布 和 炉 灰 铺 在 他 以 下 麽 ？ 你 这 可 称 为 禁 食 、 为 耶 和 华 所 悦 纳 的 日 子 麽 ？