イザヤ書 57:16-18 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15-21

The character of Jehovah I. HIS EXALTATION . "High and holy:" high because holy, exalted far above the meanness of human thoughts and the impurity of human ways. Far above creatures of all species and all ranks, it is needless further to designate him. He is the Incomparable One. He dwells in eternity (cf. Isaiah 9:6 ). His Name is "the Holy One" ( Isaiah 1:4 ; Isaiah 30:11 ; Isaiah 40:25 ; Isaiah 41:14 ; Isaiah 43:3 , Isaiah 43:8 ; Isaiah 47:4 ); his place the high and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:16

I will not contend for ever. God "will not always chide, neither will he keep his anger for ever" ( Psalms 103:9 ). If he were "extreme to mark what is done amiss," none could abide it ( Psalms 130:3 ). He remits somewhat, therefore, from the claims of strict justice, and is content to take lower ground. Were it otherwise, man's spirit should fail before him. Man, i.e; would be utterly unable to justify himself, and would faint and fade away before the Divine fury. The souls which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth . Among the sins that angered God most against the Jews of the later kingdom of Judah was their covetousness—that desire of unjust gain which led them continually to oppress their weaker brethren, to remove their neighbours' landmarks, to harass them with lawsuits, to obtain from the courts corrupt judgments against them, and so to strip them of their inheritances (see Isaiah 1:15-23 ; Isaiah 3:5 , Isaiah 3:14 , Isaiah 3:15 ; Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:17-21

The course of the soul. These words of Isaiah indicate the course which the human spirit often takes in its downward and upward path. We have— I. THE ESSENCE OF INIQUITY — THIS IS SELFISHNESS . "The iniquity of his selfishness," as it may be rendered. Whether it takes the specific form of rapacity, of unholy ambition, of self-indulgence or of any other special sin, you may trace iniquity home to the evil spirit of selfishness—the withholding from God, for self, of that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:18

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. God had seen the wanderings of his people in perverse ways, and his heart had been touched with pity thereat. The good Shepherd follows and recalls the wanderers of the flock. When they have suffered hurt he "heals" them. He is willing to "lead" them also—to go before them, and show them the way that they should walk in ( Isaiah 49:10 ; Ezekiel 34:11-16 ), and "restore comforts" to them, especially to such of them as have begun to "mourn" over... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend for ever - I will not be angry with my people forever, nor always refuse to pardon and comfort them (see Psalms 103:9). This is to be regarded as having been primarily addressed to the Jews in their long and painful exile in Babylon. It is, however, couched in general language; and the idea is, that although God would punish his people for their sins, yet his wrath would not be perpetual. If they were his children, he would visit them again in mercy, and would restore to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his covetousness - The guilt of his avarice; that is, of the Jewish people. The word rendered here ‘covetousness’ (בצע betsa‛) means “plunder, rapine, prey”; then unjust gains, or lucre from bribes 1 Samuel 7:3; Isaiah 33:15; or by any other means. Here the sense is, that one of the prevailing sins of the Jewish people which drew upon them the divine vengeance, was avarice, or the love of gain. Probably this was especially manifest in the readiness with which those who... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:18

I have seen his ways - That is, either his ways of sin, or of repentance most probably it means the former; and the idea is, that God had seen how prone his people were to sin, and that he would now interpose and correct their proneness to sin against him, and remove from them the judgments which had been brought upon them in consequence of their crimes.And will heal him - That is, I will pardon and restore him. Sin, in the Scriptures, is often represented as a disease, and pardon and salvation... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:15-16

Isaiah 57:15-16. For thus saith the high and lofty One The omnipotent and supreme Ruler of the universe; that inhabiteth eternity Who is from everlasting to everlasting, without beginning of days, or end of life, or change of time; who only hath immortality, hath it of himself, and that constantly; who inhabits it, and cannot be dispossessed of it; whose name is Holy Who is perfectly and essentially holy in his nature, his works, his words, and his ways; and therefore both can and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:17

Isaiah 57:17. For the iniquity of his covetousness The covetousness of the Jewish people, (here addressed as one man,) who were eminently guilty of this sin before the Babylonish captivity, as is expressly affirmed, Jeremiah 6:13; and Jeremiah 8:10; and they were still more addicted to it in the time of Christ, and previous to the destruction of their city by the Romans; Christ himself testifying, that the greatest professors of sanctity among them devoured widows’ houses, and, for a... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:17-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:15-16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:17

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