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IN TRANSGRESSING - That is, we have been guilty of this as a
continuous act.
AND LYING AGAINST THE LORD - We have proved false to Yahweh. Though we
have been professedly his people, yet we have been...
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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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ISAIAH 59:9_ a_. THE PEOPLE CONFESS THAT THEIR PITEOUS PLIGHT IS THE
FRUIT OF THEIR WRONGDOING. The poet now joins himself to his people
and, speaking in their name, owns the truth of the indictment i...
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The sins referred to in Isaiah 59:12 are enumerated in a series of
infinitives (cf. Isaiah 59:4), which should be construed as in
apposition to the terms "sin," "iniquities," &c. employed in the
gener...
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2. THE CONSEQUENCES
TEXT: Isaiah 59:9-15 a
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Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake
us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we
walk in obscu...
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59:13 against (b-5) Or 'denying.' from (c-10) Lit. 'from after.'...
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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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Isaiah’s list of wicked deeds is a great shock to the people. They
suddenly recognise that they are guilty of all those actions. Now they
can understand why the *Lord is not helping them. But merely t...
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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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IN TRANSGRESSING... — The clauses point respectively (1) to false
and hypocritical worship; (2) to open apostacy; (3) to sins against
man, and these subdivided into (_a_) sins against truth, and (_b_)...
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פָּשֹׁ֤עַ וְ כַחֵשׁ֙ בַּֽ יהוָ֔ה וְ
נָסֹ֖וג
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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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In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from
our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from
the heart words of (l) falsehood.
(l) That is, against our n...
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Here is a long and sad account of men's revolt and transgression,
which fully explains what was said before, as well as accounts for the
divine corrections which followed. Men may well wait for the li...
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13._We have done wickedly. _Here he enumerates certain classes of
sins, in order to arouse the people more keenly to an acknowledgment
of their sin. It must be regarded as monstrous, that men, who hav...
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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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IN TRANSGRESSING AND LYING AGAINST THE LORD,.... The word of the Lord,
as the Targum; they transgress the doctrine of Christ, as well as the
law of God, and deny him the only Lord God, even our Lord J...
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In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from
our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from
the heart words of falsehood.
Ver. 13. _In transgressing and...
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_For our transgressions_ The word פשׁעונו, here used, signifies
sins of a high nature, namely, such as were wilfully committed against
light and knowledge; rebellious sins. _Are multiplied before thee...
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in transgressing, unfaithful to the covenant, AND LYING AGAINST THE
LORD, trying to cover their perfidy with hypocrisy, AND DEPARTING AWAY
FROM OUR GOD, in a denial of the covenant Lord, SPEAKING OPPR...
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INIQUITIES MAKE BLIND AND HELPLESS...
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9-15 If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just
with God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace.
The sins of those who profess themselves God's people, are wo...
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He now enumerates some of those particular sins they profess
themselves to be convinced of, whereby he doth not mean the sins of
some particular persons, or some slight sins, but a general defection
a...
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Isaiah 59:13 transgressing H6586 (H8800) lying H3584 (H8763) LORD
H3068 departing H5253 (H8800) from H310 God...
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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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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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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:12 FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS. The people
acknowledge that their guilt is the cause of their miseries (compare
Psalms 51:3)....
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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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Acts 5:3; Acts 5:4; Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 6:9; Hebrews 3:12;...
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Lying — Transgressing here, and lying, seem to be one and the same
thing, inasmuch as in their transgressing the law of God, they broke
their solemn engagement to God upon mount Sinai. Departing — Tur...