George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 59:10
Dead. The Jews will not recognize Christ, notwithstanding the prophecies and miracles.
Dead. The Jews will not recognize Christ, notwithstanding the prophecies and miracles.
Verse Isaiah 59:10. _WE STUMBLE AT NOON DAY AS IN THE NIGHT _- "We stumble at mid-day, as in the twilight"] I adopt here an emendation of Houbigant, נשגגה _nishgegah_, instead of the second, נגששה _n...
WE GROPE FOR THE WALL LIKE THE BLIND - A blind man, not being able to see his way, feels along by a wall, a fence, or any other object that will guide him. They were like the blind. They had no distin...
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...
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...
WE GROPE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:29). Idea the same, but word different. The word in Deuteronomy is the same as in Genesis 27:12; Genesis 27:22;...
The sorrow and dejection of the people is depicted in striking and pathetic images. It is the better mind of the community which is here expressed, its intense desire for the fulfilment of the divine...
_We grope for the wall, &c._ Rather, ALONG THE WALL seeking an outlet. Comp. the very similar passage Deuteronomy 28:29. we are _IN_ _desolate places as dead_men] R.V. AMONG THEM THAT ARE LUSTY WE AR...
THEREFORE IS JUDGMENT FAR FROM US— After an enumeration of the grievous sins and offences which deformed the church, the company of the faithful ministers of Jesus Christ, and the remaining true belie...
2. THE CONSEQUENCES TEXT: Isaiah 59:9-15 a 9 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...
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. WE GROPE FOR THE WALL LIKE THE BLIND - fulfil...
59:10 for (k-3) Or 'at,' 'along.' flourishing (a-28) Others, 'in desolate places.'...
GROPE.. WALL] seeking guidance: cp. Deuteronomy 28:29. _We are_ .. DEAD _men_] RV 'among them that are lusty we are as dead men.'...
1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled....
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...
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...
WE GROPE FOR THE WALL... — The words present a striking parallelism with Deuteronomy 28:29, and may have been reproduced from, or in, it. WE ARE IN DESOLATE PLACES... — Many critics render, (1) _among...
נְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤ה כַֽ † עִוְרִים֙ קִ֔יר וּ כְ...
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
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...
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...
We grope for the wall like the (h) blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men]. (h) We are altogether destitute of cou...
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...
10._We grope for the wall like the blind. _He explains the same thing by different forms of expression; for, in consequence of the grievous complaints which were heard among the people, he determined...
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...
WE GROPE FOR THE WALL LIKE THE BLIND,.... Who either with their hands, or with a staff in them, feel for the wall to lean against, or to guide them in the way, or into the house, that they may know wh...
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men]. Ver. 10. _We grope for the wall like the b...
_Therefore is judgment far from us_ Because we have no regard for justice or honesty, God will not plead our cause against our oppressors; _neither doth justice overtake us_ He does not defend our rig...
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as If we had no eyes, seeking for a way out of the dungeon of misery; WE STUMBLE AT NOONDAY AS IN THE NIGHT, increasing their misery and sorrow in th...
INIQUITIES MAKE BLIND AND HELPLESS...
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...
WE GROPE: as a blind man that hath no other eyes than his hands feels for the wall, from whence he expects either direction or a resting place to lean on; so they expect salvation as it were blindfold...
Isaiah 59:10 grope H1659 (H8762) wall H7023 blind H5787 grope H1659 (H8762) eyes H5869 stumble H3782 ...
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...
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...
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...
_Therefore is judgment far from us_ DEJECTION AND TROUBLE THE OUTCOME OF SIN The sorrow and dejection of the people is depicted in striking and pathetic images. It is the better mind of the communi...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:10 WE GROPE FOR THE WALL... WE STUMBLE AT NOON describes moral confusion. ⇐...
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
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'...
1 John 2:11; Amos 8:9; Deuteronomy 28:29; Jeremiah 13:16; Job 5:14;...
As dead men — He compares their captivity to men dead without hope of recovery....