Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 1:2

2 Hear, O Heavens, and give ear O Earth ; for the Lord hath spoken , I have nourished and brought up Children , and they have rebelled against me.

He directeth his speech to these senseless Creatures, that thereby he might more awaken and affect the Israelites, whom he hereby proclaimeth to be so dull and stupid that they were past hearing, and therefore he gives them over as desperate, and calleth in the whole Creation of God to bear witness against them.

This is his Plea against them, of the equity whereof he is willing that all the Creatures should be Judges.

I first made them a People, and until this time I have sustained and blessed them, above all other Nations.

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