George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 57:4
Tongue, in contempt. Saints, and particularly Jesus Christ, have been exposed to ridicule.
Tongue, in contempt. Saints, and particularly Jesus Christ, have been exposed to ridicule.
AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES? - The word here rendered ‘sport’ (ענג _‛__ānag_) means properly “to live delicately and tenderly”; then “to rejoice, to take pleasure or delight.” Here, however,...
Chapter s 56:9-57:14 must be read continuously. CHAPTER S 56:9-57:21 The Condition of the Apostate Nation and the two Classes 1. _The condition of the shepherds of Israel (Isaiah 56:9) _ 2. _Apostat...
AN INVECTIVE AGAINST THE PRO-SAMARITANS. Yahweh turns now bitterly to upbraid the pro-Samaritan party in the community, among whom flourished many of the primitive Palestinian religious practices. To...
CHILDREN. offspring. TRANSGRESSION: i.e. inborn transgression. Hebrew. _pasha_ '. App-44. SEED OF FALSEHOOD. false seed. Figure of speech _Enallage._...
Isaiah 56:9 to Isaiah 57:21. A Protest against the Unworthy Shepherds of God's Flock, and the arrogant Heathenism by which it is threatened; followed by a Message of Consolation to True Israelites Th...
Indignant summons to the apostate community. _But draw near hither_ Better, BUT AS FOR YOU, DRAW NEAR HITHER &c. to hear your doom (cf. Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 48:16). _ye sons of_ _A_...
Invective against an idolatrous party. With regard to the reference of this obscure and difficult passage the following points have to be noticed: (1) The scenery of Isaiah 57:5 is unmistakeably Pales...
On the contemptuous attitude of the Samaritans towards the Jews, see Nehemiah 4:1-4, and comp. ch. Isaiah 66:5. _sport yourselves_ Lit. "take your delight" (ch. Isaiah 55:2;...
D. WEARINESS TO WICKED WHO BREAK COVENANT WITH THE LORD, CHAPTER 57 1. SORCERY TEXT: Isaiah 57:1-5 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none co...
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES? - ma...
2. The peace of the grave is better than the condition of unrest under their rulers (Isaiah 57:1). SHALL ENTER.. SHALL REST] RV 'entereth.. rest.' 3, 5. SONS, etc.] i.e. descendants, perpetuating the...
SPORT YOURSELVES] implying that they find delight in the misfortune of the servants of Jehovah....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 57 GOD’S LOYAL PEOPLE MAY SUFFER V1 Sometimes good people die young. So do some holy p...
AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES? — The question, as in Isaiah 37:23, is one of indignant scorn, the implied answer being that the mockers were deriding the servants of Jehovah. (Comp. Wisdom 2), a...
עַל ־מִי֙ תִּתְעַנָּ֔גוּ עַל ־מִ֛י תַּרְחִ֥יבוּ...
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
NO PEACE TO THE WICKED Isaiah 57:1-21 A terrible portrayal is given here of the idolatries and impurities into which the Chosen People had fallen. These scenes under “the oaks” (r.v.) and in the vall...
Because of the failure of these blind watchmen and drunken leaders, righteous men perish, while none lay it to heart. Moreover, the people have yielded to the evil influences of such leaders; "sons of...
What a change is here! Oh! the awfulness of an unawakened, unregenerated nature! What a sad thought is it, that from generation to generation, the deadly seeds of sin thus bring forth, and blossom, an...
4._On whom have ye made sport? _The Prophet shows that there is no reason why the Jews should boast so proudly on the pretense of their birth, seeing that they mocked at God and the prophets. They tho...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57. Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things. Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the Gentiles....
AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES?.... Is it against the ministers of the Gospel, the prophets of the Lord, the true and faithful witnesses, over whose dead bodies you triumph? know that it is not s...
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, [and] draw out the tongue? [are] ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, Ver. 4. _Against whom do ye sport yours...
_But draw near hither_, &c. “The prophet proceeds to exhibit the church, totally corrupt as it was, the good men being extinct or dispersed; so that they who remained of the pure seed of the church la...
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? in malignant joy, in insulting sneers. AGAINST WHOM MAKE YE A WIDE MOUTH AND DRAW OUT THE TONGUE? in malicious mockery. These gestures of derision on the part of t...
JEHOVAH REJECTS ALL IDOLATERS...
3-12 The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they ridiculed the word of God. The Jews were guilty of idolatry b...
AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES? consider whom it is that you mock and scoff when you deride God's prophets, as they did, ISAIAH 28:14,22, and know that it is not so much men that you abuse as God...
Isaiah 57:4 ridicule H6026 (H8691) wide H7337 (H8686) mouth H6310 out H748 (H8686) tongue H3956 children...
THE PRESENT BEHAVIOUR OF THE GODLESS; THE PEOPLE BECOME LIKE THE LEADERS THAT THEY SUPPORT (ISAIAH 57:3). There now follows a description of the backsliding of the people into idolatry and the occult....
A lament for the death of the righteous many of them put to death by persecution. Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none consideri...
CONTENTS: Further ethical instructions. Sins of the people denounced. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God is justly displeased when the voice of His rod is not heard, much more, when sin and idolatry a...
Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth._ This was written as a tribute, it would seem, to the memory of king Hezekiah, who was recently called from an earthly to a heavenly crown. He entered into peace...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 57:1, ISAIAH 57:2 THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR. The Hebrews were given to expec
The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, and none is considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come (Isaiah 57:1). There are many w...
2 Peter 2:13; Acts 9:4; Colossians 3:6; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 2:3;...
Against whom — Consider whom it is that you mock and scoff, when you deride God's prophets. A seed — A generation of liars, whose practices contradict your professions, who deal deceitfully both with...