イザヤ書 57:13-17 JCB

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend for ever - The learned have taken a great deal of pains to little purpose on the latter part of this verses which they suppose to be very obscure. After all their labors upon it, I think the best and easiest explication of it is given in the two following elegant passages of the Psalms, which I presume are exactly parallel to it, and very clearly express the same sentiment. "But he in his tender mercy will forgive their sin And will not destroy them; Yea,... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth "Because of his iniquity for a short time was I wroth" - For בצעו bitso , I read בצע betsa , a little while, from בצע batsa , he cut of, as the Septuagint read and render it, βραχυ τι , "a certain short space ." Propter iniquitatem avaritiae ejus , "because of the iniquity of his avarice," the rendering of the Vulgate, which our translators and I believe all others follow, is surely quite beside the purpose. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-14

ISRAEL SEVERELY REBUKED FOR IDOLATRY . Though Hezekiah had made a great reformation of religion when he ascended the throne( 2 Kings 18:4 ; 2 Chronicles 29:3-19 ), and had done his best to put down idolatry, yet it was still dear to large numbers among the people, and was easily revived by Manasseh in the earlier portion of his reign ( 2 Chronicles 33:2-9 ). Isaiah now rebukes various kinds of idolatrous practices, and shows the vanity of them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:12-13

The fate of folly and the reward of wisdom. The Divine One whom Israel has so grievously wronged ( Isaiah 57:4-9 ) intimates ( Isaiah 57:12 ) that he will make known to his people the results of their apostasy from him; he will tell them "how unprofitable are their works," how suicidal is their policy; he will tell them also how great is the reward of the wise—of those who abide in his service. I. THE BITTER FATE OF THE UNGODLY . Departing from God, they have no resort... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:13

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee . Then, when she thus cries, let her mixture of gods ( Isaiah 57:8 ), if they can, deliver her; they will fail utterly to do so. The wind —or rather, a breath— shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them . The idol gods shall be shown to be wholly futile, unable to save, incapable of rendering any the slightest assistance. But he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land . If, however, at that dread hour, there be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:14

And shall say; rather, and one said. The prophet hears a voice, saying, Cast ye up, cast ye up ; i.e. make a highway to the holy mountain by heaping up material ( Isaiah 62:10 ); and, having made it, remove every obstruction from the path of my (righteous) people. The voice is, probably, an angelic one. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:14

The ministry of angels. Without intruding it on the reader's attention, Isaiah is continually implying the interest which angels take in all God's dealings with his Church, and the assistance which they render. Voices fill the heavenly sphere around him and about him, which can only be angelic utterances, and from time to time he records the sayings. Sometimes he records them openly as angelic; e.g. the seraph's words, when he took the live coal from the altar in the court of heaven, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15

For . The ground of the promise of salvation in Isaiah 57:15 is God's combined might and mercy, which are now set forth. The high and lofty One (comp. Isaiah 6:1 , where the same words are translated "high and lifted up"). In God's loftiness are included at once his exalted majesty and his almighty power. He is "high" in himself, transcending thought, and "lofty" or "lifted up" in that he is absolute Lord of his creatures, and therefore high above them. That inhabiteth eternity . So... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15

The humility of God. An ancient Jewish writer says, "Wherever the Scripture bears witness to the Divine mightiness, it brings out side by side with it the Divine humbleness" ('Megilla,' 31, a ); and this is nowhere more strikingly manifested than m the present passage. God "dwells in the high and holy place"—in the most exalted sphere to which human thought can possibly mount; and yet at the same time he dwells with the human spirit that is humble and crushed. As Delitzsch says, "The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15

The new test of religion. "I dwell … also in him that is contrite, and of a lowly spirit." The earlier test of religion had been formal, and precise obedience to all the claims and conditions of the Jehovah-covenant; the exact keeping of every ritual, social, and national requirement. St. Paul states the old test thus: "The man that doeth them shall live in them." It was the work of the prophets to introduce the new moral test, and prepare the way for the higher spiritual test of... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15

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