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Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:15-21

Isaiah 59:15 b – Isaiah 59:21 . Yahweh Himself Becomes the Champion of the Right.— Yahweh is indignant that Right is absent. He sees there is none to interpose ( mg.) for her, so His own power brings the deliverance He desires, His victorious might sustaining Him in His strife. He arrays Himself as a warrior, Victory His cuirass, Deliverance His helmet, Vengeance His garments, and the Wrath of Indignation His cloak. Thus equipped, He proceeds to render to every deed its recompence, fury to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 59:19

Fear the name of the Lord, i.e. either worship the Lord; for the name of God is put for God himself, as hath been often showed, and fear is put for his worship; or make his name renowned. From the west, viz. the western part of the world. His glory, or the glorious God. From the rising of the sun, viz. the eastern parts of the world. The sum is, the whole world, either a synecdoche of the part for the whole, or if you divide the world through the poles, the one half will be east, and the other... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 59:19

SUPPORT AMIDST DANGERIsaiah 59:19. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, &c.Ever since the moment when the tempter appeared to the woman this world has been the battlefield of good and evil. It is so now. For God did not abandon man. We have here a vivid picture of these two forces. The standard of heaven is lifted up against the hosts of hell. Without attempting to trace the historic bearing of the text we shall simply apply it to personal Christian experience of spiritual danger and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 59:19

DISCOURSE: 997THE MEANS OF SPIRITUAL VICTORYIsaiah 59:19. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.THAT there will be a time when all the nations of the earth shall be converted unto God, is attested by every part of Holy Writ. But the seasons of great awakenings in the Church have always been seasons of violent opposition from the great adversary of God and man: and while there remain any ungodly persons to act as his instruments,... 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 59:16-19

Isaiah 59:16-19And He saw that there was no manGod, man’s great RedeemerDo not let us suppose this is mere poetry.Conceive what inspires it,--the great truth that in the Infinite there is a heart to throb for men, and a will to strike for them. This is what the writer desires to proclaim, and what we believe the Spirit of God moved his poor human lips to give their own shape to,--the simple truth that there is One, however hidden He may be to men’s eyes, who feels for men, who feels hotly for... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 59:19

Isaiah 59:19When the enemy shall come in like a flood.--Moral invasionsThese words suggest--I. THE MORAL INVASION OF HUMAN SOULS. 1. The soul has an arch enemy. This enemy is called by different names. The old serpent, the devil, Satan, roaring lion, etc. He is characterized by great power, malignity, craft. He has mighty armies under his power. Principalities and powers, etc. 2. This arch enemy sometimes makes a tremendous onslaught. “Cometh in like a flood.” There are times in the human soul... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 59:19

Isa 59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. Ver. 19. So shall they fear the name of the Lord. ] Christ shall get him a great name, as a renowned conqueror. When the enemy shall come in like a flood. ] When they shall pour out a deluge of evils upon the Church. Rev 12:15 The Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against... read more

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