Isaiah 27:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

The boughs

John 15:6

For it is

General references

Ezekiel 20:34

Bible References

The boughs

Take care of what your right hand planted, the son you strengthened for yourself.

Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch among the trees of the forest?

Tell the forest in the Negev: 'Listen to the word of Jehovah. This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I am about to set fire to you to destroy all your green trees and all your dry trees. The blazing fire will not be put out. It will burn the whole land from the south to the north.

The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

If a man does not remain with me, he is removed as a branch, and withers. They gather them and throw them into the fire where they are burned (destroyed) (consumed).

For it is

The bull knows its owner, and donkey knows where its master feeds it. But Israel does not know. My people do not understand!

They do not know or understand anything. Their eyes are plastered shut and cannot see. Their minds are closed and therefore they cannot understand.

Carefully obey the laws. For this will show your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations. They will hear all these statutes and say: 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'

My people have lost their good sense. They do not understand.

My people are fools. They do not know me. They are stupid people. They do not understand. They are experts in doing wrong, and they do not know how to do good.

I thought: These are only the poor and ignorant. They are foolish. They do not know what their God requires, what Jehovah wants them to do.

Even storks know when it is time to return. Mourning doves, swallows (swifts), and cranes know when it is time to migrate. But my people do not know that I, Jehovah, am urging them to return.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you! You will not be a priest to me since you have forgotten the Law of your God. Therefore, I will forget your children.

The heart of this people is callous and dull. Their ears are plugged. They cannot hear. They closed their eyes and cannot see. They cannot see nor hear nor understand with their heart. They should turn around and I would heal them.'

They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, so God gave them over to a reprobate (depraved) mind, to do things that are not fitting.

General references

My people have lost their good sense. They do not understand.

Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

I thought: These are only the poor and ignorant. They are foolish. They do not know what their God requires, what Jehovah wants them to do.

The peaceful pastures are destroyed by Jehovah's burning anger.

I will bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where I have scattered you with my mighty hand and powerful arm. I will pour out my fury.