Isaiah 1:5 (YLT)

Passage

Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart <FI>is<Fi> sick.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 1:3 An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.

Isaiah 1:4 Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy <FI>with<Fi> iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons--corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.

Isaiah 1:5 Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart <FI>is<Fi> sick.

Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of the foot--unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment.

Isaiah 1:7 Your land <FI>is<Fi> a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wherefore", "stricken", "apostasy", "head", "become", "diseased", "heart", and "sick". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wherefore" and "stricken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Ah sinning nation a people heavy FI..." into verse 6's "From the sole of the foot--unto the...", so "wherefore" and "stricken" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wherefore" and "stricken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.