イザヤ書 57:12-13 JC

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:12

I will declare thy righteousness - This is evidently spoken ironically. The sense is, ‘you have devoted yourselves to idols, and you have sought the aid of foreigners. I will now announce to you the true nature of the deliverance which they can bring to you.’ This is done in the following verse. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:13

When thou criest - That is, when you are in trouble, and feel your need of help.Let thy companies deliver thee - The word used here (קבוּץ qibûts) means, properly, “a gathering; a throng; a collection.” Here it refers either to the throngs of the idols which they had collected. and on which they relied; or to the collection of foreigners which they had summoned to their assistance. The idea is, that if people trust to other objects for aid than the arm of God, they will be left in the day of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:11-14

Isaiah 57:11-14. Of whom hast thou been afraid, &c. And what, or who are they, the fear of whom drives thee to these wicked and desperate practices? Are they not weak and mortal creatures, such as wholly depend upon me, and can do nothing without me? The fear of my displeasure ought, in all reason, to outweigh all thy other fears and apprehensions, and deter thee from breaking that covenant whereby thou art engaged to me. That thou hast lied That thou hast dealt thus perfidiously with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-21

Corruption and idolatry (56:9-57:21)The Assyrian captivity of the northerners and the Babylonian captivity of the southerners did not include the whole populations. Those who were of no use to the conquerors were left behind, along with scattered country people who escaped the enemy. These and their descendants soon followed the old religious practices of the Canaanite people. They worshipped idols, offered human sacrifices to the god Molech, and practised fertility rites with religious... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:12

for. Some codices, with two early printed editions, omit "for", and read "and thy works, they will not profit thee". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:13

criest. In distress. thy companies. The paramours of Isaiah 57:8 . wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . vanity. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for vain men. Compare Psalms 144:4 .James 4:14 . putteth his trust = fleeth for refuge to. Hebrew. hasah. See App-69 . holy. See note on Exodus 3:5 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:12

12. declare—I will expose publicly thy (hypocritical) righteousness. I will show openly how vain thy works, in having recourse to idols, or foreign alliances, shall prove (Isaiah 57:3). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:13

13. When thou criest—In the time of thy trouble. companies—namely, of idols, collected by thee from every quarter; or else, of foreigners, summoned to thy aid. wind . . . carry . . . away— (Job 21:18; Matthew 7:27). vanity—rather, "a breath" [LOWTH]. possess . . . land . . . inherit—that is, the literal land of Judea and Mount Zion; the believing remnant of Israel shall return and inherit the land. Secondarily, the heavenly inheritance, and the spiritual Zion (Isaiah 49:8; Psalms 37:9; Psalms... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 57:3-13

Rampant apostasy 57:3-13Isaiah identified another mark of Israel, which boasted in its election by God and viewed righteousness in terms of correct worship ritual. This was the widespread departure of the nation from God (apostasy). She had forsaken God and had pursued idols. read more