Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Isaias 1:17

and robs Heb. וחומץ, like וחומס. Similarly (Isa. 1:17): “strengthen the robbed (חמוץ)”; the robbed.

and bring your sacrifices in the morning—The priests of Baal say to them, “Idolatry is liberal and does not impose stringent regulations upon you. The Torah states: (Exodus 34:25) ‘Shall not stay overnight,’ but for idolatry, ‘And bring in the morning. ’ The Torah states concerning sacrifices of lesser sanctity: (Lev. 19:6) ‘On the day of your sacrifice, it may be eaten, and on the morrow, ’ but idolatry, ‘after three days your tithes of cattle.’ The Torah states: (Lev. 2: 11) ‘Leaven... you shall not offer up,’ but idolatry, (verse 5) ‘And offer up a thanksgiving offering of leaven. ’ The Torah states: (Deut. 23:22) ‘You shall not delay its payment,’ but idolatry, ‘and proclaim and publish the free will offerings.’ Proclaim: ‘Whoever vowed and forgot, shall give it thought and remember.’” (Yerushalemi, Avodah Zarah 1:1) And Jonathan renders: And offer up from robbery. Cf. (Isa. 1: 17) “Strengthen the robbed (חָמוֹץ);” (Psalms 71:4) “From the hand of the unrighteous and the robbers (וּמְחַמֵּץ).”

Yeshayahu HaNavi offers an explanation in the opening chapter of the Sefer that bears his name.²⁹⁴Da’at Mikra offers overwhelming evidence that the chapter addresses the time after the Assyrian destruction of most of Yehudah (except for Yerushalayim) during the reign of Chizkiyahu. While Chizkiyahu HaMelech does improve the Beit HaMikdash and other areas of Avodat Hashem, the Bnei Yisrael remain grievously deficient in their interpersonal relationships and exercise of fair judgment (see Yeshayahu 1:11, 1:17, 1:23).