Isaiah 59:1 ASV

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 59:1-8

Isaiah 59:1-Ruth : . Solely the Sins of the People Delay Yahweh’ s Intervention. Isaiah 59:5-Ruth : , with their fantastic metaphors and bitter invective, are probably a later addition made in even gloomier times. Note the third person, and the good connexion between Isaiah 59:4 and Isaiah 59:9. Not the waning of Yahweh’ s power, nor His deafness, explains His failure to aid His people. Their sins are like a wall between them and the Divine Presence. In act and word they are cruel and false.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 59:1

The Lord’s hand is not shortened; he is not grown weaker than in former times, as omnipotent as ever he was: hand is here by a synecdoche put for arm, and so for strength, because the strength of a man doth generally put forth itself in his arm; and thus it is applied to God in his bringing Israel out of Egypt, Psalms 136:12. Neither his ear heavy; or thick of hearing; he is not like your idol gods, that have hands, and cannot help, and ears, and cannot hear. The phrases are much to the same... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-2

THE SUPPOSED AND THE REAL CAUSE OF FAILURE IN THE CHURCHIsaiah 59:1-2. Behold the Lord’s hand is not shortened, &c.As the Church is essentially an aggressive institution, at some periods her success has been most marked; at other times her energies have seemed paralysed. It behoves us not only to inquire into the conditions of the Church’s growth and expansion, but to be most careful as to our spirit and conduct, lest we by any means should prevent her development. In certain conditions, on... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 59:1

Isaiah 59:1 I. The case of the Jews, to whom these words were first addressed, does not shake our confidence in God's willingness or power to save. They have been oppressed, persecuted, trodden under foot; and, like the grass which grows thickest when trodden on, they have thriven under oppression bearing a charmed life the true sons of their fathers in the land of Egypt; of whom it was said, the more they were afflicted, the more they grew. Living, multiplying, flourishing, amid circumstances... 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 59:1-9

Isaiah 59:1-9Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortenedIsaiah 57:1-21.and 59.In the former address, to the dead works on which the people founded their claim to redemption, there were set in contrast the virtues well-pleasing of God, and for which Jehovah promises redemption as a gracious reward; in this discourse, the sins which hinder the accomplishment of redemption are still more directly laid bare. (F. Delitzsch, D. D.)Sin and graceIn this chapter we have sin appearing exceeding sinful, and... read more

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

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

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

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:1-8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 59:1

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-2

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 59:1

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 59:1-21

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 59:1-21

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 59:1-9

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