イザヤ書 59:6-7 JC

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 59:3-15

Here is a long and sad account of men's revolt and transgression, which fully explains what was said before, as well as accounts for the divine corrections which followed. Men may well wait for the light, and grope in darkness, when all the faculties are either benumbed with sin, or if alive are employed in the services of Satan, as here described; and how shall they know the way of peace, when their pursuits are all after sin? There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked, Isaiah 57:21 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:1-8

1-8 If our prayers are not answered, and the salvation we wait for is not wrought for us, it is not because God is weary of hearing prayer, but because we are weary of praying. See here sin in true colours, exceedingly sinful; and see sin in its consequences, exceedingly hurtful, separating from God, and so separating us, not only from all good, but to all evil. Yet numbers feed, to their own destruction, on infidel and wicked systems. Nor can their skill or craft, in devising schemes, as the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 59:1-8

Iniquities Separate from God v. 1. Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, it was not want of power on His part which delayed deliverance; neither His ear heavy that it cannot hear, it was not unwillingness on His part to hear the people's prayer for help; v. 2. but your iniquities, the sins by which they loaded guilt upon themselves, have separated between you and your God, erecting a barrier which made it impossible for the Lord to come to their aid, and your sins... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 59:1-8

b) To the complaint of the people concerning Jehovah’s inability is opposed the charge of moral corruptionIsaiah 59:1-81 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not 1shortened, that it cannot save;Neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your GodAnd your sins 2have hid His face from you, that He will not hear.3 For your hands are defiled with bloodAnd your fingers with iniquity;Your lips have spoken lies, your tongue 3hath muttered... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah 59:6

Isaiah FLIMSY GARMENTS Isa_59:6 . - Rev_3:18 . The force of these words of the prophet is very obvious. He has been pouring out swift, indignant denunciation on the evil-doers in Israel; and, says he, ‘they hatch cockatrice’s eggs and spin spiders’ webs,’ pointing, as I suppose, to the patient perseverance, worthy of a better cause, which bad men will exercise in working out their plans. Then with a flash of bitter irony, led on by his imagination to say more than he had meant, he adds this... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-15

Iniquities Separate from God Isaiah 59:1-15 Israel’s sins , Isaiah 59:1-8 . Much of our suffering in life results from our sins, which cut off God’s health and help. Let us not blame Providence, but set ourselves to discover the cause of controversy. When the law courts-the fountains of justice-are demoralized, the community is in a hopeless condition, Isaiah 59:3-4 . Instead of stamping out evil in the egg, the sinful heart hatches it out, and it yields the poison of vipers, Isaiah 59:5 .... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 59:1-21

Continuing, the prophet makes confession of moral failure. This he does first by declaring the reason for national suffering. It is not to be found in Jehovah's inability, nor in His unwillingness. The iniquities of the people have separated them and their God. In a terrible passage, the prophet confesses the appalling corruption, and immediately describes the suffering which followed, the groping in the dark, even though it is noonday; the longing for a salvation which does not come, all of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:1-15

Judah/Jacob In Its Sin (Isaiah 59:1-15 a). Isaiah 59:1 ‘Behold Yahweh’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save, Nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear, But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.’ ‘Why does God not fulfil His promises by making sure to them their inheritance?’ they ask. ‘Why does He not act with a mighty hand?’ It is not because He cannot save. It is not that the strength and ability of His... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:1-8

Isaiah 59:1-Ruth : . Solely the Sins of the People Delay Yahweh’ s Intervention. Isaiah 59:5-Ruth : , with their fantastic metaphors and bitter invective, are probably a later addition made in even gloomier times. Note the third person, and the good connexion between Isaiah 59:4 and Isaiah 59:9. Not the waning of Yahweh’ s power, nor His deafness, explains His failure to aid His people. Their sins are like a wall between them and the Divine Presence. In act and word they are cruel and false.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 59:6

Their webs shall not become garments, i.e. their contrivances and deep designs shall not advantage them, they being like a thin and raw garment, either through which all their wretchedness and malice will appear, as the next words intimate; or, for want of solidity and substance, shall not be able to defend them from their impending evils. Works of iniquity, i.e. works of injustice, whereby their grieve and vex their brethren, which the next words do clear. The act of violence is in their... read more