以賽亞書 59:1-2 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:2

Have separated ; literally, have been separating. The force of the form used is continuous, and implies that Israel had now for a long time been heaping up a barrier between itself and Jehovah. Your sins have hid his face; literally, your sins have caused his face to be hidden from you , i.e. "have made him avert it." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:2

Attention from God. "Your iniquities have separated between you and your God." Here is the secret. We can resist God's arm. Until the "iniquities" be confessed, deplored, and forsaken, there can be no salvation. God is ready to forgive; but are we ready to be forgiven? God has provided a Saviour; but it may be true of us, "Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." Man is not a heart only; he is a will. And here lies our condemnation, not that we are not sometimes ashamed and even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:2

Sin-clouds between us and God. In a former homily it has been shown how, in judgment, and in order to awaken us to a sense of our sin, God may pass a cloud across between us and him, hiding from us his smiling face, and leaving us in the dark and the chill. Now we see how, in our heedlessness and wilfulness, we may put clouds, even little clouds, into our own sky, and hide his face. The reference of the text is to the doubting ones, the unfaithful ones, in Babylon, who let their own... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:2-8

The unsatisfactoriness of sinful courses. "What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye now are ashamed?" asks the apostle of those whom he had converted from a life of sin to a life of righteousness ( Romans 6:21 ). What good did the life of sin seem to do you? Of course, if the life of sin had no pleasures at all to offer, it would have no attractiveness, and would not be led by any. But what, after all, are the attractions, compared with the counterbalancing disadvantages? I. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 59:1

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened - On the meaning of this phrase, see the notes at Isaiah 50:2.Neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear - On the meaning of this phrase, see the notes at Isaiah 6:10. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 59:2

But your iniquities - That is, the sins which the prophet had specified in the previous chapter, and which he proceeds further to specify in this.Have separated - The word used here (בדל bâdal) conveys the idea of division, usually by a curtain or a wall Exodus 26:33; Ezekiel 42:20. Thus the ‘firmament’ (רקיע râqı̂ya‛, “expanse”) is said to have “divided” or “separated” (מבדיל mabedı̂yl) the waters from the waters Genesis 1:6. The idea here is, that their sins were like a partition between... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 59:1-2

Isaiah 59:1-2. Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened He is not grown weaker than informer times, but is as omnipotent as ever he was; neither his ear heavy Or dull of hearing: he is not like your idol gods, that have hands and cannot help, and ears and cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated Have been as a thick wall, between you and your God And have set him at a distance from you, Proverbs 15:29. “The reason of the continuance of your calamities is not any want either... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-21

Society incapable of reform (59:1-21)Ungodly society is heading for destruction. The reason for this is not that God is powerless to save people, but that people’s sins have cut them off from God, the only one who can save them. They have filled the land with violence, lies and treachery (59:1-3).Because of the corruption of the courts, there is no justice in society (4). Wickedness multiplies as evil people spread their poison and trap the innocent in their plots. They try to cover their sin... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 59:1

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. not shortened. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 11:23 ). Compare Isaiah 50:2 . The phrase occurs nowhere else in the O.T. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 59:2

iniquities. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44 . Same word as in verses: Isaiah 59:3 , Isaiah 59:12 . Not the same as in verses: Isaiah 59:6 , Isaiah 59:7 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . sins. Hebrew. chata'. App-44 . have hid His face. Compare Isaiah 45:15 ; Isaiah 54:8 ; Isaiah 57:17 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 59:2-8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 59:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 59:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 59:1-2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 59:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 59:2

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