Yeshaya Perek 1

• Yeshaya opens with a negative prophecy chastising Yisrael for not knowing their Master. All of creation knows who its owner is and does the will of its master. An ox knows its owner and a donkey knows from whom he gets his food.

• Yeshaya tells the leaders of Yehudah that their sins, on their level, are comparable to S’dom and Gemorah.

• “Why does Hashem need all of your sacrifices?” Yeshaya asked. He urged the nation to serve Hashem with sincerity, and not by rote. He urged the nation to do teshuva.

• Yeshaya related that the nation of Yisrael had become corrupt, and had therefore fallen from its great stature.

• He also related a great vision of the future: Hashem will return all of the judges and advisers to Yerushalayim, and Zion will be restored.