Isaiah 59:11 KJV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 59:11

11. roar—moan plaintively, like a hungry bear which growls for food. doves— (Isaiah 38:14; Ezekiel 7:16). salvation—retribution in kind: because not salvation, but "destruction" was "in their paths" (Isaiah 59:7). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 59:1-15

What Israel did 59:1-15aAs mentioned above, this second segment of the section dealing with the relationship of righteousness and ritual (chs. 58-59) deals with the inability of God’s redeemed people to produce righteous behavior in their own strength. Chapter 57 dealt with their inability to break with idolatry in their own strength."In chapter 57 he [Isaiah] condemned adulterous paganism, in chapter 58 hypocritical fasting, while here it is chiefly injustice that calls forth his condemnation.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 59:9-15

Israel’s confession 59:9-15aIsaiah, speaking for the sinful Israelites in captivity (cf. Isaiah 6:5), first acknowledged the consequences of their behavior (Isaiah 59:9-11) and then confessed their guilt (Isaiah 59:12-15 a). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 59:11

They could not even articulate their grief but simply growled and moaned like angry bears and pitiful doves (cf. Mark 7:34; John 11:38; Romans 8:22-23). This lament closes as it began, with an admission that justice and salvation were far from God’s people. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:1-21

1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled. 3. Cp. 1:15.4. RV ’None sueth in righteousness.. in truth.’ The allusion is to unjust prosecutions. 5. Cockatrice]RM ’adder.’ He that eateth, etc.] i.e. the man who falls in with their plans is ruined thereby, and he who opposes them is confronted with a still greater danger. 6. Their schemes cannot even benefit themselves. 9. The prophet and the people confess their sins. Light] i.e.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 59:11

(11) We roar all like bears . . .—The comparison is not found elsewhere in Scripture, but Horace (Epp. xvi. 51) gives “circumgemit ursus ovile.” For the dove, comp. Isaiah 38:14; Ezekiel 7:16. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 59:1-21

Sin As Separation From God Isaiah 59:2 We cannot fathom the mystery of sin; we may not even ask the questions, How? and Why? But we may contemplate the terrible fact, and remind ourselves of what it is. All sin, in its degree, separates the soul from God: and whatever separates from God is sin. I. All sin in its degree separates the soul from God, 'and sin, when it is perfected, bringeth forth death'. For as the separation of the body from the soul is the death of the body, so the utter... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-21

CHAPTER XXIIITHE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCEIsaiah 56:9-12; Isaiah 57:1-21; Isaiah 58:1-14; Isaiah 59:1-21IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight, that there should re-awaken in the exiles the civic conscience; that recollections of those besetting sins of their public life, for which their city and their independence were destroyed, should throng back upon them; that in prospect of their again becoming responsible for the discharge of justice and other... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 59:1-21

CHAPTER 59 Apostasy and Confession, Jehovah’s Intervention and the Coming of the Redeemer 1. The deplorable condition of the people (Isaiah 59:1-8 ) 2. The confession (Isaiah 59:9-15 ) 3. Jehovah’s intervention (Isaiah 59:16-19 ) 4. The coming of the Redeemer (Isaiah 59:20-21 ) The corruption of the people during the end time is first described. But grace is at work and a part of the people confess their sins. They confess that they are in darkness, that they are blind, that they... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 59:11

59:11 We all roar like {i} bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.(i) We express our sorrows by outward signs, some more and some less. read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 59:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 59:1-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 59:9-15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 59:11

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:1-21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 59:11

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 59:1-21

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-21

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 59:1-21

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 59:11

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