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CHAPTER LIX
_This chapter contains a more general reproof of the wickedness_
_of the Jews_, 1-8.
_After this they are represented confessing their sins, and_
_deploring the unhappy consequences of...
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BEHOLD, THE LORD’S HAND IS NOT SHORTENED - On the meaning of this
phrase, see the notes at Isaiah 50:2.
NEITHER HIS EAR HEAVY, THAT IT CANNOT HEAR - On the meaning of this
phrase, see the notes at Is...
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CHAPTER 59
Apostasy and Confession, Jehovah's Intervention and the Coming of the
Redeemer
1. _The deplorable condition of the people (Isaiah 59:1) _ 2. _The
confession (Isaiah 59:9) _ 3. Jehovah's in...
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SOLELY THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE DELAY YAHWEH'S INTERVENTION.
Isaiah 59:5, with their fantastic metaphors and bitter invective, are
probably a later addition made in even gloomier times. Note the third
p...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._
HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._
NOT SHORTENED. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 11:23). Compare Isaiah
50:2. The phrase occurs nowhere else in the O....
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These verses state briefly and forcibly the argument of which the
whole chapter is the expansion: not the powerlessness or the
indifference of Jehovah, but the sin of the people, is the hindrance
to t...
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BEHOLD THE HAND OF JEHOVAH IS NOT TOO SHORT (cf. ch. Isaiah 50:2) TO
SAVE,
NOR HIS EAR TOO HEAVY (ch. Isaiah 6:10) TO HEAR....
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BEHOLD, THE LORD'S HAND IS NOT SHORTENED— The prophet here teaches,
that the reason why God does not exert his power for the avenging of
his people, is not because _his hand is shortened,_ but because...
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F. WRATH OF THE LORD UPON COVENANT DESPISERS, CHAPTER 59
1. THEIR CRIMES
TEXT: Isaiah 59:1-8
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Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither
his ear heavy, that it cannot he...
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1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of
restoration have not yet been fulfilled....
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God’s character is perfect. He cannot change. Therefore we can
always trust him completely (see Hebrews 13:8)....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 59
WHY GOD DOES NOT ANSWER PRAYERS
V1 The *Lord can still save. His pow...
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LIX.
(1) BEHOLD, THE LORD’S HAND... — The declaration is an implied
answer to the complaint, like that of Isaiah 58:3, that the glorious
promises had not as yet been fulfilled. The murmurera are told...
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הֵ֛ן לֹֽא ־קָצְרָ֥ה יַד ־יְהוָ֖ה מֵֽ
הֹושִׁ֑י
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CHAPTER XXIII
THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE
Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1
IT was inevitable, as so
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INIQUITIES SEPARATE FROM GOD
Isaiah 59:1-15
_Israel's sins_, Isaiah 59:1-8. Much of our suffering in life results
from our sins, which cut off God's health and help. Let us not blame
Providence, but...
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Continuing, the prophet makes confession of moral failure. This he
does first by declaring the reason for national suffering. It is not
to be found in Jehovah's inability, nor in His unwillingness. Th...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter opens with describing the nature and consequence of sin.
The gracious interposition of Jesus, as a Surety and Intercessor, then
follows. And the Chapter closeth with some sweet...
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What a blessed assurance does this Chapter open with; and, as if the
Lord would have it particularly taken notice of, it is prefaced with a
Behold! Very often, I believe, the people of God have found...
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1._Behold, the hand of Jehovah is not shortened. _This discourse
closely resembles the preceding one; for, after having torn off the
mask from hypocrites, who vainly boasted of themselves, and after
h...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 58 AND 59.
But these moral considerations rouse the indignation of the Spirit at
the condition of Israel in the days of the prophecy-their sin and
their hypoc...
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BEHOLD, THE LORD'S HAND IS NOT SHORTENED, THAT IT CANNOT SAVE,.... It
is not for want of power in the Lord, that he has not as yet destroyed
the enemies of his people, antichrist, and the antichristia...
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Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither
his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Ver. 1. Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened.] That their fasts
were not regarded, their...
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_Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened_ He is not grown weaker than
informer times, but is as omnipotent as ever he was; _neither his ear
heavy_ Or dull of hearing: he is not like your idol gods, t...
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INIQUITIES SEPARATE FROM GOD...
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Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, it was
not want of power on His part which delayed deliverance; NEITHER HIS
EAR HEAVY THAT IT CANNOT HEAR, it was not unwillingness on His...
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1-8 If our prayers are not answered, and the salvation we wait for is
not wrought for us, it is not because God is weary of hearing prayer,
but because we are weary of praying. See here sin in true c...
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ISAIAH CHAPTER 59 Sin separates between God and us, ISAIAH 59:1,2.
Murder, theft, falsehood, injustice, cruelty, ISAIAH 59:3. Calamity
for sin, ISAIAH 59:9. Salvation only of God,...
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Isaiah 59:1 Behold H2005 LORDS H3068 hand H3027 shortened H7114
(H8804) save H3467 (H8687) ear H241 heavy...
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JUDAH/JACOB IN ITS SIN (ISAIAH 59:1 A).
Isaiah 59:1
‘Behold Yahweh's hand is not shortened that it cannot save,
Nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear,
But your iniquities have separated between yo...
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Isaiah 59:1
I. The case of the Jews, to whom these words were first addressed,
does not shake our confidence in God's willingness or power to save.
They have been oppressed, persecuted, trodden under...
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CONTENTS: Sins which prevented the bestowal of God's blessing and
caused chastisements to fall upon Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit
CONCLUSION: If prayers are not answered and the salva...
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Isaiah 59:1. _Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot
save._ The failure of your fast is not with the Lord; he sees, and he
can hear. Neither is the fault in the promises announced by...
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_Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened_
Isaiah 57:1.
and 59.
In the former address, to the dead works on which the people founded
their claim to redemption, there were set in contrast the virtues...
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THE SUPPOSED AND THE REAL CAUSE OF FAILURE IN THE CHURCH
Isaiah 59:1. _Behold the Lord’s hand is not shortened, &c._
As the Church is essentially an aggressive institution, at some
periods her succes...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 59:1
A GENERAL REBUKE OF ISRAEL FOR ITS MANIFOLD SINS, The command given to
the prophet in Isaiah 58:1 to "show God's people the
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Now in fifty-nine:
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither
is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear (Isaiah 59:1):
"Lord, why aren't You hearing us when we fast? Why aren'...
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Genesis 18:14; Hebrews 7:25; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 63:1;...