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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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:14

And shall say - Lowth, ‘Then will I say.’ Noyes, ‘Men will say.’ The word אמר 'âmar seems to be used here impersonally, and to mean, ‘One shall say;’ that is it shall be said. The Septuagint and the Syriac render it, ‘They shall say.’ The idea is, that the obstacles would be removed from the path of those who put their trust in God. The language is derived from the return from the exile, as if persons should go before them and should cry, ‘Cast ye up;’ or as if the cry of the people all along... 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 57:13

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:14

Cast ye up = Make a highway. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 57:14

"And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way. take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite. For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 57:14

Isaiah 57:14. And shalt say, &c.— And he said, or, And a voice says, &c. These are the words of the prophetic chorus, relating that a voice had gone forth, or a command of God, to prepare the way, and to remove all stumbling-blocks from it; that is to say, to reform the church from that state of corruption which is described in the preceding verses; a work of as great difficulty as importance, and the prediction whereof well deserved to be introduced in the sublime manner that we here... 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:14

14. shall say—The nominative is, "He that trusteth in Me" ( :-). The believing remnant shall have every obstacle to their return cleared out of the way, at the coming restoration of Israel, the antitype to the return from Babylon (Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 40:4; Isaiah 62:10; Isaiah 62:11). Cast . . . up—a high road before the returning Jews. stumbling-block—Jesus had been so to the Jews, but will not be so then any longer (1 Corinthians 1:23); their prejudices shall then be taken out of... read more

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