イザヤ書 65:1-8 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-7

The offensiveness and the doom of sin. The passage brings out in a very graphic form— I. THE OFFENSIVENESS OF SIN . 1 . Assumption. "Walking after their own thoughts" instead of reverently inquiring God's will ( Isaiah 65:2 ). 2 . Positive disobedience in the manner of Divine worship ( Isaiah 65:3 ). 3 . Superstitious practices , implying discontent with the disclosures God had made in his holy Word ( Isaiah 65:4 ). 4 . Irreligious self-indulgence ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-10

Threatenings and promises. Both, as it would appear, addressed to the chosen people, though many, including St. Paul, apply the earlier part of the passage to the conversion of the Gentiles. There is a polytheistic party, and a party of true believers in the nation. I. GOD BEFOREHAND WITH MEN . He "allows himself to be consulted;" he "offers answers," or "is heard" by those who came not to consult him. He was "at hand to those who did not seek him." To a nation that did not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:2

I have spread out my hands. Not exactly in prayer, but in expostulation (comp. Proverbs 1:24 , "I have stretched out my hand," where the verb in the Hebrew is the same). All the day; or, all day long , as in Romans 10:21 ; i.e. continually, day after day, for years—nay, for centuries. A rebellions people (comp. Isaiah 30:1 ; and see also Isaiah 1:4 , Isaiah 1:23 ; Hosea 4:16 ; Jeremiah 5:23 ; Jeremiah 6:28 ). The "rebellions people" ( 'am sorer ) is undoubtedly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:3

That sacrificeth in gardens (comp. Isaiah 1:29 ; Isaiah 57:5 ; Isaiah 66:17 ). The groves and "gardens" of Daphne, near Antioch. became famous in later times as the scene of idolatrous practices intimately bound up with the grossest and most shameless sensualism. We have few details of the ancient Syrian rites; but there is reason to believe that, wherever Astarte, the Dea Syra, was worshipped, whether at Daphne, or at Hierapolis, or at Balbek, or at Aphek, or at Damascus, or in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:4

Which remain among the graves . The rock tombs of Palestine seem to be meant. Persons " remained among" these, in spite of the ceremonial defilement thereby incurred, either with the object of raising the dead, and obtaining prophecies from them, or of getting prophetic intimations made to them in dreams (see Jerome's 'Comment.,' ad loc. ) . And lodge in the monuments ; or, in the crypts. " N'tsurim may refer to the mysteries celebrated in natural caves and artificial crypts"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:5

Stand by thyself ; i.e. "keep aloof—come not into contact with me; for mine is a higher holiness than thine, and I should be polluted by thy near approach." Initiation into heathen mysteries was thought to confer on the initiated a holiness unattainable otherwise. Thus the heathenized Jew claimed to be holier than the true servants of Jehovah. These are a smoke … a fire (comp. Psalms 18:8 , "There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured; coals were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:5

The hopeless. The husbandman is often tempted to tear up the vine, or to pluck up the herb, or to plough up the crop, when patience and painstaking would result in flower and fruit. In the spiritual world, it is often found that where death seemed to prevail, there was life beneath the surface. I. THE APPEARANCE OF SPIRITUAL DEATH . The Church is so degenerate, that the teaching of Divine truth is found to be ineffectual; the nation so corrupt, that the statesman and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:5

The pride of superior holiness. Dr. W. Kay has a suggestive note on this verse: "A deep insight is here given us into the nature of the mysterious fascination which heathenism exercised on the Jewish people. The Law humbled them at every turn with mementoes of their own sin, and of God's unapproachable holiness. Paganism freed them from this, and allowed them (in the midst of moral pollution) to cherish lofty pretensions to sanctity. The man who had been offering incense on the mountain-top... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:6

It is written before me. The misconduct of his people is "written" in God's book, which lies open "before him," so that their sin is ever in his sight (comp. Psalms 56:8 ; Malachi 3:16 ; Revelation 20:12 ). I will not keep silence (comp. Psalms 1:3 ). "Keeping silence" is a metaphor for complete inaction. But will recompense , etc.; rather, until I have recompensed , yea , recompensed [ them ] into their bosoms (comp. Luke 6:38 ). Gifts were given and received into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:6

Men's sins recorded in God's book. As far back as the time of Moses, God announced through him that men's sins were "laid up in store with him, and sealed up among his treasures" ( Deuteronomy 32:34 ). The later prophets ( Malachi 3:16 ), with the Psalms ( Psalms 56:8 ), and the Revelation of St. John ( John 20:12-15 ), speak of "a book," or "books, of remembrance," which contain the record of human frailty. Jeremiah says, "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:6

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