CHAPTER 59 THE SAD STATE OF THE PEOPLE; THE ARRIVAL OF THE MIGHTY WARRIOR AND REDEEMER. In view of what has been said Isaiah now stresses that the delay in deliverance is not due to any deficiency in Yahweh. Rather it is due to the behaviour of the people. This chapter thus continues to deal with t... [ Continue Reading ]
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 you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.' ‘Why does God not... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD WILL ACT TO DELIVER ZION (ISAIAH 59:15). When God looked down He saw that there was no one who could deliver, none who was fitted to be the Servant. And (speaking from a human point of view) He could not understand it. Why was there no one fitted to act as a go-between, an intercessor, on behalf... [ Continue Reading ]