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.
Verse Isaiah 59:18. _ACCORDING TO_ THEIR _DEEDS, ACCORDINGLY HE WILL_ _REPAY_ - "He is mighty to recompense; he that is mighty to recompense will requite"] The former part of this verse, as it stands...
ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS - The general sentiment of this verse is plain, though there is not a little difficulty in the construction of the Hebrew. Lowth pronounces the former part of the verse, as it...
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 59:15 _ b_ - ISAIAH 59:21. YAHWEH HIMSELF BECOMES THE CHAMPION OF THE Right. Yahweh is indignant that Right is absent. He sees there is none to interpose (_mg._) for her, so His own power bring...
ISLANDS. maritime countries. See note on Isaiah 11:11....
_According to_their _deeds_ Or DESERTS. The word means simply an accomplished deed, either in a good or bad sense; but it is chiefly used in expressions which imply a reference to reward or retributio...
The consequences of Jehovah's interposition....
ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS— _According to the height of their demerits, he will repay them to the height; fury to his adversaries,_ &c....
3. THE CURE TEXT: Isaiah 59:15-21 15 And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. 16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefor...
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS - Hebrew, 'recompences;' '...
1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled....
ISLANDS] put for distant lands generally. The judgment affects the world at large as WELL as Israel....
God punishes evil behaviour wherever he finds it (see Isaiah 13:11)....
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...
TO HIS ADVERSARIES... — The judgment is generally against all, in Israel or outside it, who come under this description. The word “islands” is used, as elsewhere, for far-off lands. The words point to...
כְּ עַ֤ל גְּמֻלֹות֙ כְּ עַ֣ל יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם חֵמָ֣
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
THE DIVINE ARM BRINGS REDEMPTION Isaiah 59:15-21 _Israel's Savior_. The Almighty Lover of souls is described as looking round to see if help were forthcoming from any other quarter; and there being...
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...
According to [their] deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the (r) isles he will repay recompence. (r) That is, your enemies who dwell in various pl...
I made but a short observation on the long passage before this, in order that I might enter upon the soul-relieving truth in the view of the Lord Jesus, which here succeeds the melancholy subject. He...
18._As if on account of recompenses. _He confirms the statement of the preceding verse; for he shows what will be the nature of that vengeance with which he had clothed the Lord; namely, that he is pr...
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...
ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS, ACCORDINGLY HE WILL REPAY,.... As the enemies of his people have treated them, so will the Lord deal with them; as they have shed their blood, he will, according to the laws...
_For he put on righteousness as a breast-plate_ God, resolving to appear as a man of war, puts on his armour; he calls _righteousness_ his _breast-plate_, to show the justness of his cause, as also hi...
According to their deeds, as they had richly deserved, ACCORDINGLY HE WILL REPAY: FURY TO HIS ADVERSARIES, by which they would be consumed, RECOMPENSE TO HIS ENEMIES; TO THE ISLANDS, the heathen natio...
THE LORD MAKING READY FOR JUDGMENT AND REDEMPTION...
DEEDS: _ Heb._ recompences...
16-21 This passage is connected with the following chapters. It is generally thought to describe the coming of the Messiah, as the Avenger and Deliverer of his church. There was none to intercede wit...
DEEDS, Heb. _recompences or deserts_, i.e. he will recompense his adversaries with those effects of his fury that they have deserved. FURY; a metonymy of the efficient, for the effects of his fury. IS...
Isaiah 59:18 According H5921 deeds H1578 repay H7999 (H8762) Fury H2534 adversaries H6862 Recompense H1576 enemies H341
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 co...
59:16. _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._ Man's extremity was Chris...
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...
_And He saw that there was no man_ GOD, MAN’S GREAT REDEEMER Do not let us suppose this is mere poetry. Conceive what inspires it,--the great truth that in the Infinite there is a heart to throb for...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:14 For his own glory, the Lord will make his people the predominant culture of a glorious new world. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:18 ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS. The Lord will REPAY with perfect justice. TO THE COASTLANDS. There is no hiding place for those facing judgment (see...
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'...
Ezekiel 38:18; Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 6:12; Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 49:25;
Deeds — Heb. recompences or deserts. That is, he will recompence his adversaries with those effects of his fury that they have deserved. Islands — To those remoter nations under the king of Babylon, t...