{"id":3330,"date":"2020-06-14T17:58:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T21:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2020-06-14T17:58:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T21:58:36","slug":"daily-bible-nugget-580-isaiah-117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3330","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Nugget #580, Isaiah 1:17"},"content":{"rendered":"<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3330' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><p><strong>The Nugget:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isa 1:17\u00a0 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (KJV)<\/p>\n<p>Isa 1:17 Learn to do what is right!<br \/>\nPromote justice!<br \/>\nGive the oppressed reason to celebrate!<br \/>\nTake up the cause of the orphan!<br \/>\nDefend the rights of the widow! (NET Bible)<\/p>\n<p>Isa 1:17\u00a0 learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow. (LXX, Brenton translation)<\/p>\n<p>Isa 1:17\u00a0 Learn to do good. Seek justice. Arrest oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.&#8221; (GW, God&#8217;s Word translation)<\/p>\n<p>Isa 1:15 &#8220;No matter how much you pray, I won&#8217;t listen. You are too violent.<br \/>\nIsa 1:16 Wash yourselves clean! I am disgusted with your filthy deeds. Stop doing wrong<br \/>\nIsa 1:17 and learn to live right. See that justice is done. Defend widows and orphans and help those in need.&#8221; (CEV, Contemporary English Version)<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Resorting to lies and violence is utterly reprehensible. At this present time flagrant lies passing as news reports that are merely agenda-driven propaganda for a particular political party have led to violence.<\/p>\n<p>God does not look favorably upon violence:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Gen 6:5\u00a0 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Gen 6:11\u00a0 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible records that God sent the great flood of Noah&#8217;s time to destroy all human life that was upon this earth because of the violence and wickedness prevalent in society at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus spoke of the wickedness and evil of Noah&#8217;s day:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Luk_17:26\u00a0 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Mat 24:37\u00a0 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus has told us that at the time of His return the world will be evil just as it was in Noah&#8217;s day.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible declares that those who practice evil will reap the unfortunate reward it brings:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Num 32:23\u00a0 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Rom 6:23\u00a0 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<p>When the Bible declares that the wages of sin is death, physical death is not the penalty, rather, the reference is to spiritual death.<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3330' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><span class=\"fb_share\"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3330\" layout=\"box_count\"><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nugget: Isa 1:17\u00a0 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (KJV) Isa 1:17 Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! 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