“Shout out!
Do not hold back!
Lift up your voice
Like a trumpet!
Announce to my people
Their rebellion!
Announce to the house of Jacob
Their sins!
Yet they seek me daily.
They delight to know my ways,
As if they were a nation
That practiced righteousness,
As if they did not forsake
The ordinance of their God.
They ask of me
Righteous judgments.
They delight to draw near to God.”
Third Isaiah wants the house of Jacob to shout out and not hold back. They should lift up their voices, as if it was like a trumpet. However, the announcement was that they were a sinful rebellious people. They have pretended to act righteously. They profess daily that they delight in God’s ways. Meanwhile, they are a nation that has forsaken the ordinances of God. They want righteous judgments. They say that they want to draw near to God, but they do not follow his laws.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 