Isaiah 3:11

Woe unto the wicked! This is not an arbitrary decree on the part of God, but the statement of a fundamental fact. Nothing in the world is more certain than that the sowing of evil produces evil. When men sow wickedness, they and the world about them are certain to reap a harvest of woe. By its iniquity Israel was destroying itself. It was necessary to impress this fact indelibly upon the hearts of all in order that there might be a turning away from sin, and the nation saved as a result. There is no greater patriot or more valuable citizen than the preacher of righteousness. From first to last, Isaiah kept this point before his people, and not altogether without success. It was largely his preaching that brought about a reformation, and thereby saved the nation from the doom that would otherwise have speedily engulfed the land.

Shall be given him. The recently discovered Dead Sea scroll 1QIs (see Vol. I, p. 31; Vol. IV, p. 86) reads, “will return to him.”