isaiah-59:13

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:9-15

9-15 If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just with God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace. The sins of those who profess themselves God's people, are worse than the sins of others. And the sins of a nation bring public judgments, when not restrained by public justice. Men may murmur under calamities, but nothing will truly profit while they reject Christ and his gospel. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 59:9-15

Iniquities Make Blind and Helpless v. 9. Therefore is judgment far from us, the Jews themselves complaining that the sentence of deliverance is not spoken in their behalf, neither doth justice, deliverance and salvation, overtake us, they cannot reach them, cannot help them; we wait for light, for good fortune and happiness, but behold obscurity, misfortune and destruction; for brightness, but we walk in darkness, in the very midst of disaster. v. 10. We grope for the wall like the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 59:9-15

2.THE TRANSITION UPWARDa) The transition from the Mournful Present to the Blessed Future by means of the Nation’s Penitent ConfessionIsaiah 59:9-15 a 9Therefore Isaiah 11:0 judgment far from us,Neither doth justice overtake us:We wait for light, but behold obscurity;For brightness, but we walk in darkness.10 We grope for the wall like the blind,And we grope as if we had no eyes:We stumble at noonday as in the 12night;13We are in desolate places as dead men.11 We roar all like... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-15

Iniquities Separate from God Isaiah 59:1-15 Israel’s sins , Isaiah 59:1-8 . Much of our suffering in life results from our sins, which cut off God’s health and help. Let us not blame Providence, but set ourselves to discover the cause of controversy. When the law courts-the fountains of justice-are demoralized, the community is in a hopeless condition, Isaiah 59:3-4 . Instead of stamping out evil in the egg, the sinful heart hatches it out, and it yields the poison of vipers, Isaiah 59:5 .... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 59:1-21

Continuing, the prophet makes confession of moral failure. This he does first by declaring the reason for national suffering. It is not to be found in Jehovah's inability, nor in His unwillingness. The iniquities of the people have separated them and their God. In a terrible passage, the prophet confesses the appalling corruption, and immediately describes the suffering which followed, the groping in the dark, even though it is noonday; the longing for a salvation which does not come, all of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:1-15

Judah/Jacob In Its Sin (Isaiah 59:1-15 a). Isaiah 59:1 ‘Behold Yahweh’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save, Nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear, But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.’ ‘Why does God not fulfil His promises by making sure to them their inheritance?’ they ask. ‘Why does He not act with a mighty hand?’ It is not because He cannot save. It is not that the strength and ability of His... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:9-15

Isaiah 59:9-Ezra : a. The People Confess that their Piteous Plight is the Fruit of their Wrongdoing.— The poet now joins himself to his people and, speaking in their name, owns the truth of the indictment in Isaiah 59:1-Numbers :. True! that is why we do not attain our right, and victory is not ours! No gleam of hope lightens our darkness. We grope like blind men along a wall instead of treading firmly. We stumble in broad daylight. We moan and murmur like growling bears or cooing doves.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 59:13

He now enumerates some of those particular sins they profess themselves to be convinced of, whereby he doth not mean the sins of some particular persons, or some slight sins, but a general defection and corruption of the whole body. In transgressing: properly, we rebel against God, so the word is Isaiah 1:2, and have persisted in our rebellion. Lying; being true to none of their engagements, vows, and promises. Some make transgressing here and lying to be one and the same thing, inasmuch as in... 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