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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 59:11

We roar: this signifies the greatness of their anguish, that forced from them these loud outcries. And mourn: this notes some sense of their condition, that wrought in them these sorrowful lamentations; or it may relate to the condition that both sorts of people were in under their oppressing governors. It made the wicked roar like bears, and the godly mourn like doves. It is thus expressed because these properties are peculiar to these creatures. The bear, when robbed, goes into his den and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-21

Chapter 59Now in fifty-nine:Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear ( Isaiah 59:1 ):"Lord, why aren't You hearing us when we fast? Why aren't You acknowledging it? Why aren't You recognizing it?" Now the Lord's saying, "Hey, look, there's nothing. I don't have any hearing problem. The Lord's hand is not short that He cannot save; neither is His ear heavy that He cannot hear." If you're not getting answers to prayer, it isn't... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 59:1-21

Isaiah 59:1 . Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save. The failure of your fast is not with the Lord; he sees, and he can hear. Neither is the fault in the promises announced by his prophets; for you have not obeyed their voice. Your hands are defiled with blood; the nation is loaded with all its sins, and all its unrelenting cruelty to the poor. Isaiah 59:3 . Your hands are defiled with blood. This expression is of great importance in determining the time of this... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 59:9-11

Isaiah 59:9-11Therefore is judgment far from usDejection and trouble the outcome of sinThe sorrow and dejection of the people is depicted in striking and pathetic images.It is the better mind of the community which is here expressed--its intense desire for the fulfilment of the Divine promises, its weariness through hope deferred making the heart sick. (Prof. J. Skinner, D. D.)A sad sequence“Therefore,”--on account of these sins and disorders, and not on account of Jehovah’s remissness (Isaiah... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 59:11

Isa 59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us. Ver. 11. We roar all like bears. ] Fremimus, ac gemimus. The bear, when hurt or robbed, runs into his den and roareth; doves, when bereft of their mates, sit solitary and groan; so do we, indesinenter et intime gemimus, make pitiful moan; and that is all we can do. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 59:11

roar: Isaiah 51:20, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 38:8, Hosea 7:14 mourn: Isaiah 38:14, Job 30:28, Job 30:29, Jeremiah 8:15, Jeremiah 9:1, Ezekiel 7:16 for salvation: Psalms 85:9, Psalms 119:155 Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:22 - two turtle doves Job 3:24 - my roarings Psalms 22:1 - words Jeremiah 30:5 - a voice Lamentations 3:17 - thou Ezekiel 24:23 - and mourn Nahum 2:7 - doves Zephaniah 1:10 - the noise read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 59:11

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.Mourn — Their oppressing governors made the wicked roar like bears, and the good mourn like doves. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:9-14

9-14. In these six verses the prophet includes himself, as he makes confession for the people, as Jeremiah does in Isaiah 14:19-20 of his book. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:10-11

10, 11. We grope for the wall Like the blind we feel our way. And the same or similar course of figures continues to Isaiah 59:15, each illustrating some comprehensive phase in this confession which the people are openly and freely making, but which, in chap. lviii, it was boasted there was no need to make. Self-righteousness was uppermost in that chapter. Now it is confessed, “Moral blindness and darkness is our lot. Light and peace belong to the lot of the good, but to us it is the same... read more

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