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 Sabbath keeping rewarded, Isaiah 58:3 _; _ Isa 58:14 their prayers answered, Isa 59:1-2 according t... [ Continue Reading ]
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear. Ver. 2. _But your iniquities have severed,_] _i.e., _ Have set you at a very great distance (hinted also by the redundance of speech that is here in the original), or rath... [ Continue Reading ]
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. Ver. 3. _For your hands are defiled with blood._] The prophet well knew that these perverse Jews would stand upon their justification, and put God to his proofs... [ Continue Reading ]
None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Ver. 4. _None calleth for justice._] Mindeth the judges of their duty, but rather connive, collogue, partake, &c. The Chaldee hath it, ‘There is none that... [ Continue Reading ]
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. Ver. 5. They hatch cockatrice' eggs,] _i.e., _ Poisonous and pernicious designs; there are that interpret it of false doctrines, as destruetive to men's... [ Continue Reading ]
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works [are] works of iniquity, and the act of violence [is] in their hands. Ver. 6. _Their webs shall not become garments._] "Garments" _quasi_ gardments; one use of them being to guard our bodies from... [ Continue Reading ]
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths. Ver. 7. _Their feet run to evil, &c._] They trot apace toward hell; they take long strides, as if they feared lest hell should be full before... [ Continue Reading ]
The way of peace they know not; and [there is] no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. Ver. 8. _The way of peace they know not._] Like salamanders, they love to live in the fire of contention, to swim against the stream with the... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness. Ver. 9. _Therefore is judgment far from us._] Here followeth the complaint of the godly party, together with their confession; this they knew well... [ Continue Reading ]
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 blind._] We are altogether to seek, utterly destitute of good counsel or advice; neither can we enjoy... [ Continue Reading ]
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us. Ver. 11. _We roar all like bears._] _Fremimus, ac gemimus._ The bear, when hurt or robbed, runs into his den and roareth; doves, when bereft of their mates, sit... [ Continue Reading ]
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions [are] with us; and [as for] our iniquities, we know them; Ver. 12. _For our transgressions are multiplied before thee._] When complaints end in confessions, it is right - the medicine worketh... [ Continue Reading ]
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 lying against the Lord._] Or, Dealing disloyally with him. This is to lay on load, to be full in th... [ Continue Reading ]
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Ver. 14. _And judgment is turned away backward._] _Nihil amplius ex aequo et bono agitur; _ all is out of order, causes are carried the contrary way. _ Truth is fallen i... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment. Ver. 15. _Yea, truth faileth._] See Isaiah 59:13 . _ And he that departethfrom evil maketh himself a prey._] _Praedae pater; _ is like to suffer fo... [ Continue Reading ]
And he saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that [there was] no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. Ver. 16. _And wondered._] The Vulgate hath it, _Aporiatus est._ That there was no intercessor.] No interposer _as _ Job 36:31 tha... [ Continue Reading ]
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. Ver. 17. _For he put on righteousness as a breastplate,_] _i.e., _ Christ did; and so must every Christian, Eph 6:14 whe... [ Continue Reading ]
According to [their] deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. Ver. 18. _Fury to his adversaries,_] viz., The devil and his agents, his people's adversaries.... [ Continue Reading ]
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. Ver. 19. _So shall they fear the name of the Lord._] Christ shall get him a great name, as a renow... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. Ver. 20. _And the Redeemer._] Shall come to the Israel of God. _ That turn from transgression._] See Romans 11:26. _See Trapp on "_ Rom 11:26 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. Ver. 21.... [ Continue Reading ]