Isa 1:21, 26, Joh 17:17 | JFB | STEP | 21. faithful —as a wife ( ). harlot — ( ). righteousness lodged — ( ). murderers —murderous oppressors, as the antithesis requires (see on ; ).

Isaiah 1:21

21. faithful—as a wife (Isa 54:5; 62:5; Ho 2:19, 20).

harlot— (Eze 16:28-35).

righteousness lodged— (2Pe 3:13).

murderers—murderous oppressors, as the antithesis requires (see on Isa 1:15; 1Jo 3:15).

Isaiah 1:26

26. As the degeneracy had shown itself most in the magistrates (Isa 1:17-23), so, at the "restoration," these shall be such as the theocracy "at the first" had contemplated, namely, after the Babylonish restoration in part and typically, but fully and antitypically under Messiah (Isa 32:1; 52:8; Jer 33:7; Mt 19:28).

faithful—no longer "an harlot."

John 17:17

17. Sanctify them—As the former prayer, "Keep them," was "negative," asking protection for them from the poisonous element which surrounded and pressed upon their renewed nature, so this prayer, "Sanctify them," is positive, asking the advancement and completion of their begun sanctification.

through—in.

thy truth—God's revealed truth, as the medium or element of sanctification; a statement this of immense importance.

thy word is truth—(Compare Joh 15:3; Col 1:5; Eph 1:13).