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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:7

Your iniquities . This is a new sentence, not a continuation of Isaiah 65:6 , which should be closed by a full stop. It is an incomplete sentence, needing for its completion the repetition of the verb shillamti , "I will recompense." Which have burned incense upon the mountains (see 2 Kings 17:11 ; Hosea 4:13 ; Ezekiel 6:13 ; and comp. Isaiah 57:7 ). And blasphemed me; rather, reproached me (see Isaiah 37:4 , Isaiah 37:17 , Isaiah 37:23 , Isaiah 37:24 ). Therefore... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:8

As the new wine is found in the cluster ; rather, as when new wine is found in a grape-bunch ; i.e. as when even a single cluster of grapes is spied on a vine-stem, the vine-pruners say one to another, "Destroy not that stem, but spare it," so will God refrain from destroying those stocks in his vineyard, which give even a small promise of bearing good fruit. Destroy it not . The words are thought to be those of a well-known vintage-song, which is perhaps alluded to in the heading ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:8-10

SALVATION PROMISED TO A REMNANT . In Isaiah, and especially in the "Book of Consolation" (Isaiah 40-66.), promises are almost always intermingled with threatenings. The threats extend to the bulk of the nation; the promises are limited to "a remnant," since a remnant only could be brought to "seek" and serve God (verse 10). Here the announcement that a remnant would be spared is introduced by a simile from men's treatment of their own vineyards (verse 8). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:8-10

Where sin abounds, grace yet more abounds. The portrait of Israel in Isaiah 65:2-7 is painted in such dark colours as to suggest that it must almost necessarily be followed by the absolute renunciation of the whole nation. A people " rebellious ," "walking in the way that is not good," "provoking God to anger continually," given over to a sensualistic idolatry, and yet proud, piquing itself upon its elevated religious position as a participant in certain heathen mysteries ( Isaiah... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:1

I am sought of them that asked not for me - That is, by the Gentiles. So Paul applies it in Romans 10:20. Lowth translates the word which is rendered, ‘I am sought,’ by ‘I am made known.’ Noyes, ‘I have heard.’ The Septuagint renders it, Ἐμφανὴς ἐγενήθην Emphanēs egenēthēn - ‘I became manifest.’ Jerome, ‘They sought me who had not before inquired for me.’ The Chaldee, ‘I am sought in my word by those who had not asked me before my face.’ The Hebrew word דרשׁ dârash means properly “to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:2

I have spread out my hands - To spread out the hands is an action denoting invitation or entreaty Proverbs 1:24. The sense is, that God had invited the Jews constantly to partake of his favors, but they had been rebellious, and had rejected his offers.All the day - I have not ceased to do it. The Chaldee renders this, ‘I sent my prophets all the day to a rebellious people.’Unto a rebellious people - (See the notes at Isaiah 1:2). Paul renders this, Πρὸς λαον ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:3

A people - This verse contains a specification of the reasons why God had rejected them, and brought the calamities upon them.That provoketh me to anger - That is, by their sins. They give constant occasion for my indignation.Continually - (תמיד tâmı̂yd). It is not once merely, but their conduct as a people is constantly such as to excite my displeasure.To my face - There is no attempt at concealment. Their abominations are public. It is always regarded as an additional affront when an offence... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:4

Which remain among the graves - That is, evidently for purposes of necromancy and divination. They do it to appear to hold converse with the dead, and to receive communications from them. The idea in necromancy was, that departed spirits must be acquainted with future events, or at least with the secret things of the invisible world where they dwelt, and that certain persons, by various arts, could become intimate with them, or ‘familiar’ with them, and, by obtaining their secrets, be able to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:5

Which say, Stand by thyself - Who at the time that they engage in these abominations are distinguished for spiritual pride. The most worthless people are commonly the most proud; and they who have wandered farthest from God have in general the most exalted idea of their own goodness. It was a characteristic of a large part of the Jewish nation, and especially of the Pharisees, to be self-righteous and proud. A striking illustration of this we have in the following description of the Hindu... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:6

Behold, it is written before me - That is, the crimes of which they had been guilty, or the sentence which would be consequent thereon. The allusion is to the custom of having the decrees of kings recorded in a volume or on a table, and kept in their presence, so that they might be seen and not forgotten. An allusion to this custom of opening the books containing a record of this kind on trials, occurs in Daniel 7:10, ‘The judgment was set, and the books were opened.’ So also Revelation 20:12,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:8-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:6

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