Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:9-10
Isaiah 6:9-10. And he said, Go, and tell this people Not my people, for I disown them as they have rejected me. Hear ye indeed, but understand not, &c. The Hebrew words are imperative; yet they are not to be taken as a command, enjoining what the people ought to do, but only as a prediction foretelling what they would do. The sense is, Because you have so long heard my words, and seen my works, to no purpose, and have hardened your hearts, and will not learn nor reform, I will punish... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 6:8
Isaiah 6:8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord We have here the third part of this vision, comprehending, 1st, A trial of the disposition of the prophet, now sanctified, with his reply to the Lord, in this verse; 2d, The command delivered to him concerning the execution of the divine judgment upon the Jews, of blindness, &c., Isaiah 6:9-10; Isaiah 3:0 d, A more full and explicit declaration of a most grievous temporal judgment, which should be joined with the spiritual one, Isaiah... read more