Isaiah 57:14-15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 57:13-16

Here, I. God shows how insufficient idols and creatures were to relieve and succour those that worshipped them and confided in them (Isa. 57:13): ?When thou criest in thy distress and anguish, lamentest thy misery and callest for help, let thy companies deliver thee, thy idol-gods which thou hast heaped to thyself companies of, the troops of the confederate forces which thou hast relied so much upon, let them deliver thee if they can; expect no other relief than what they can give.? Thus God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:14

And shall say, cast ye up, cast ye up ,.... A causeway, a highway, for the people of the Jews to return to their own land: this is either said by the Lord, as some supply it; or by the prophet, as Jarchi; or by him that putteth his trust in the Lord, as Kimchi; or rather by one, that is, the first of the living creatures, a set of Gospel ministers, that shall give to the angels, the Protestant princes and potentates, the seven last vials to pour out on the antichristian states, both Papal... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One ,.... Who is high above the earth, and the nations of it; higher than the kings in it; the King of kings, and Lord of lords; and so able to save his people, and destroy his and their enemies; who is higher than the heavens, and the angels there; who is exalted above the praises of his people; the knowledge of whose being and perfections is too wonderful for them; whose thoughts are higher than theirs; and whose love has a height in it not to be reached... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:14

And shall say "Then will I say" - ואמר vaomer , to be pointed as the first person future. They are the words of God, as it is plain from the conclusion of the verse; my people, עמי ammi . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One "For thus saith Jehovah, the high and the lofty" - A MS. adds יהוה Yehovah , after אמר amar , and edition Prag. 1518. So the Septuagint, Alex., and Arabic. An ancient MS. adds יה Yah . With him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit - Twelve MSS. have את eth , without the conjunction ו vau . Pro ואת veeth , forte legendum ואראה veerah : confer Psalm 113:5 , et Psalm 138:6 . - Secker. "We should perhaps... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-14

ISRAEL SEVERELY REBUKED FOR IDOLATRY . Though Hezekiah had made a great reformation of religion when he ascended the throne( 2 Kings 18:4 ; 2 Chronicles 29:3-19 ), and had done his best to put down idolatry, yet it was still dear to large numbers among the people, and was easily revived by Manasseh in the earlier portion of his reign ( 2 Chronicles 33:2-9 ). Isaiah now rebukes various kinds of idolatrous practices, and shows the vanity of them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:14

And shall say; rather, and one said. The prophet hears a voice, saying, Cast ye up, cast ye up ; i.e. make a highway to the holy mountain by heaping up material ( Isaiah 62:10 ); and, having made it, remove every obstruction from the path of my (righteous) people. The voice is, probably, an angelic one. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:14

The ministry of angels. Without intruding it on the reader's attention, Isaiah is continually implying the interest which angels take in all God's dealings with his Church, and the assistance which they render. Voices fill the heavenly sphere around him and about him, which can only be angelic utterances, and from time to time he records the sayings. Sometimes he records them openly as angelic; e.g. the seraph's words, when he took the live coal from the altar in the court of heaven, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15

For . The ground of the promise of salvation in Isaiah 57:15 is God's combined might and mercy, which are now set forth. The high and lofty One (comp. Isaiah 6:1 , where the same words are translated "high and lifted up"). In God's loftiness are included at once his exalted majesty and his almighty power. He is "high" in himself, transcending thought, and "lofty" or "lifted up" in that he is absolute Lord of his creatures, and therefore high above them. That inhabiteth eternity . So... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:15

The humility of God. An ancient Jewish writer says, "Wherever the Scripture bears witness to the Divine mightiness, it brings out side by side with it the Divine humbleness" ('Megilla,' 31, a ); and this is nowhere more strikingly manifested than m the present passage. God "dwells in the high and holy place"—in the most exalted sphere to which human thought can possibly mount; and yet at the same time he dwells with the human spirit that is humble and crushed. As Delitzsch says, "The... read more

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