CHAPTER 59 :-. THE PEOPLE'S SIN THE CAUSE OF JUDGMENTS: THEY AT LAST OWN IT THEMSELVES: THE REDEEMER'S FUTURE INTERPOSITION IN THEIR EXTREMITY. The reason why Jehovah does not deliver His people, notwithstanding their religious services ( :-), is not want of power on His part, but because of their sins (Isaiah 59:1-8); :- contain their confession; :-, the consequent promise of the Messiah. read more
1. hand . . . shortened—(See on Isaiah 59:5). ear heavy— (Isaiah 59:5- :). read more
2. hid—Hebrew, "caused Him to hide" (Lamentations 3:44). read more
3. (Isaiah 1:15; Romans 3:13-15). hands . . . fingers—Not merely the "hands" perpetrate deeds of grosser enormity ("blood"), but the "fingers" commit more minute acts of "iniquity." lips . . . tongue—The lips "speak" openly "lies," the tongue "mutters" malicious insinuations ("perverseness"; perverse misrepresentations of others) (Jeremiah 6:28; Jeremiah 9:4). read more
4. Rather, "No one calleth an adversary into court with justice," that is, None bringeth a just suit: "No one pleadeth with truth." they trust . . . iniquity—(So Job 15:35; Psalms 7:14). read more
5. cockatrice—probably the basilisk serpent, cerastes. Instead of crushing evil in the egg, they foster it. spider's web—This refers not to the spider's web being made to entrap, but to its thinness, as contrasted with substantial "garments," as Isaiah 59:6 shows. Their works are vain and transitory (Job 8:14; Proverbs 11:18). eateth . . . their eggs—he who partakes in their plans, or has anything to do with them, finds them pestiferous. that which is crushed—The egg, when it is broken,... read more
6. not . . . garments—like the "fig leaves" wherewith Adam and Eve vainly tried to cover their shame, as contrasted with "the coats of skins" which the Lord God made to clothe them with (Isaiah 64:6; Romans 13:14; Galatians 3:27; Philippians 3:9). The artificial self-deceiving sophisms of human philosophy (1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Timothy 2:16; 2 Timothy 2:23). read more
7. feet—All their members are active in evil; in :-, the "hands, fingers, lips, and tongue," are specified. run . . . haste— ( :-). Contrast David's "running and hasting" in the ways of God (Psalms 119:32; Psalms 119:60). thoughts—not merely their acts, but their whole thoughts. read more
8. peace—whether in relation to God, to their own conscience, or to their fellow men (Isaiah 57:20; Isaiah 57:21). judgment—justice. crooked—the opposite of "straightforward" (Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 28:18). read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 59:21
Isaiah 59:21. As for me, this is my covenant— This memorable prediction is closed with a seal of the perfect love of God toward this new church, composed of Jews and Gentiles united together, and largely endowed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit; whereby he assures her, that she should never hereafter want either the efficacious influx of the Holy Spirit, for illumination and comfort, or the clear understanding of the doctrine of salvation to be abundantly illustrated at this time from the word... read more