Isaiah 1:24-26

Isaiah 1:24-26

[24] Therefore saith  the Lord,  the LORD  of hosts,  the mighty One  of Israel,  Ah,  I will ease  me of mine adversaries,  and avenge  me of mine enemies:  [25] And I will turn  my hand  purge away  thy dross,  and take away  all thy tin:  [26] And I will restore  thy judges  as at the first,  and thy counsellors  as at the beginning:  afterward  thou shalt be called,  The city  of righteousness,  the faithful  city. 

What does Isaiah 1:24-26 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Isaiah"s unusual three-fold description of God as the sovereign (Lord) God of armies (hosts), who is the Mighty God of Israel, boded ill for Judah. Isaiah crowded together more names of God in Isaiah 1:24 than he did anywhere else (cf. Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 3:15; Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 19:4). The specter of God arising to judge His people for their sins just mentioned is a fearful prospect (cf. Hebrews 12:29). God judges sin wherever He finds it, among pagans and among His own people.
"Any facile statement that God always hates the sin but loves the sinner needs to be countered by Isaiah"s insistence that those who transgress are my foes and my enemies." [1]
God would subject His people to fires of adversity, but only to purify them, not destroy them. Just rulers would emerge and the city would once again enjoy a reputation for righteousness and faithfulness to God. This is the first allusion in Isaiah to a coming Judge who will establish justice and create righteous conditions, about whom the prophet revealed much more later. The restoration described here will find fulfillment in the millennial reign of Christ.