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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:14-15

Truth the foundation of morality. Surprise is sometimes expressed at there being no distinct prohibition of all lying in the ten commandments. "False witness" alone is forbidden. But the reason may be that truth is assumed as too fundamentally necessary for any one to suppose that it could possibly be dispensed with. Similarly, piety is assumed as a duty in the commandments, where men are not bidden to worship God, but warned against worshipping more than one God, and against worshipping him... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15

Yea, truth faileth . Truth itself is altogether gone, is missing, not forthcoming. "Tetras Astraea reliquit." This is the worst of all. For truth is the basis of the social fabric, the groundwork of all morality. Once let there be no regard for truth in a state, no discredit attaching to lying, and all virtue is undermined, all soundness is vanished—nothing remains but "wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores" ( Isaiah 1:6 ). He that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15

And the Lord saw it . The division of the verses here requires alteration. The opening clause of Isaiah 59:15 belongs to what precedes; the second clause to what follows. "The Lord saw" that condition of things in Israel which is described in Isaiah 59:3-15 ; and it displeased him; literally, it was evil in his eyes , especially in that there was no judgment. Justice was not done between man and man; no one thought of pronouncing just judgments. The circumstances were such as to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15-16

Salvation by God through man. This text contains, in part, the confession of social iniquity. "Truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil is accounted mad. There is no judgment"—that is, no social righteousness, no sense of the "right" manifestly ruling in the common relations of life. God looked down upon this degenerate and hopeless condition. He knew how far the evil spread, until the whole people was corrupted, and there was no man able to plead against the prevailing evil; no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15-17

Human hopelessness and Divine redemption. This vivid picture of the nation's demoralization, and of its incapacity to produce a citizen who could regenerate and reform, may appropriately suggest— I. THE HOPELESS CONDITION OF THE HUMAN RACE UNDER THE LONG TYRANNY OF SIN . Man had fallen so far that there was not the smallest prospect of redemption from anything he could originate. The all-seeing eye of God rested on "no man, no intercessor." Reformer there... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15-21

A PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE . TO OPPRESSED ISRAEL . The godly in Israel were suffering a double oppression: The prophet promises a deliverance from both. The deliverance will be followed by the establishment of Messiah's kingdom, which will continue for ever. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15-21

Jehovah as Champion of the people. I. HE IS THE INTERESTED SPECTATOR OF HUMAN AFFAIRS . He "considers in his dwelling-place" ( Isaiah 18:4 ). He "causes his ear to hear"—to judge the fatherless and oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress ( Psalms 10:18 ). He is not like the gods of the Epicureans, "sitting apart, careless of mankind." He is a God who can feel pleasure in goodness and the good , displeasure in the prevalence of wrong and injustice.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:16

He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor ; i.e. God looked for some champion of the oppressed to arise; it was to be expected under the circumstances. But, alas! "there was no man." None stood up to resist the unrighteous and protect the innocent; much less did any stand up to deliver Israel from its heathen adversaries. When it is said that God " wondered " at no champion appearing, we must understand the expression as an anthropomorphism· Therefore... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:16

Salvation, not in man. "And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor." It seemed a dark hour for the world. Evidently a dead nation cannot arise of itself, any more than a dead man. It is a time of wonderment. Great men often arise for great occasions; but there is no man , that is, no mere man , equal to this occasion. But— I. " GOD IS HIS OWN INTERPRETER ." He makes plain his own mysteries alike in providence and in redemption.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:17

He put on righteousness as a breastplate . The Isaiah anthropomorphism is far less gross than the Homeric. The gods in Homer put on actual armour, and take sword and shield. Jehovah arms himself for the battle in a way that is manifestly metaphoric. He puts on a "Divine panoply"—righteousness as his breastplate, salvation as his helmet, vengeance for garments, and zeal, or jealousy, for a cloak. He takes no offensive weapons—"the out-breathing of his Spirit (verse 19) is enough" (Kay). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:15-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:17

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