Isaiah 59:7-9

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 59:9

HELP FOR SEEKERS OF THE LIGHTIsaiah 59:9. We wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.I. I address myself, through the words of the text, to persons who are desirous of obtaining the true and heavenly light, who have waited hoping to receive it, but instead of obtaining it are in a sadder state than they were, and they are almost driven into the dark foreboding that for them no light will ever come; they shall be prisoners chained for ever in the valley of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 59:8

DISCOURSE: 995NO PEACE IN THE WAY OF SINIsaiah 59:8. They have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.THIS chapter deserves especial notice, not merely on account of its historical import, but particularly on account of the use made of it by the Apostle Paul. As written by the prophet, it seems descriptive of some peculiarly abandoned characters, who committed all manner of iniquity. But, as quoted by the Apostle, it is descriptive of mankind in general, and marks... 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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 59:7

Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evilA picture of moral corruptionThis verse and the first part of the following have been interwoven by Paul, in Romans 3:15-17, into his description of universal moral corruption.The representation of life as a road, and of one’s mode of action as a manner of walking, is a common feature in gnomic compositions, where its terminology has been fully developed. From the beginning of verse 7, one may perceive that steadfast believers, during the exile, were persecuted... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 59:9-11

Isaiah 59:9-11Therefore is judgment far from usDejection and trouble the outcome of sinThe sorrow and dejection of the people is depicted in striking and pathetic images.It is the better mind of the community which is here expressed--its intense desire for the fulfilment of the Divine promises, its weariness through hope deferred making the heart sick. (Prof. J. Skinner, D. D.)A sad sequence“Therefore,”--on account of these sins and disorders, and not on account of Jehovah’s remissness (Isaiah... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 59:7

Isa 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths. Ver. 7. Their feet run to evil, &c. ] They trot apace toward hell; they take long strides, as if they feared lest hell should be full before they come thither. And they make haste to shed innocent blood. ] This is taken from Proverbs 1:16 , and fitly applied by St Paul to the whole race of mankind, Rom 3:15 since by nature... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 59:8

Isa 59:8 The way of peace they know not; and [there is] no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. Ver. 8. The way of peace they know not. ] Like salamanders, they love to live in the fire of contention, to swim against the stream with the trout, to sow sedition, as the devil, &c. Shall not know peace. ] Shall not know what it meaneth. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 59:9

Isa 59:9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness. Ver. 9. Therefore is judgment far from us. ] Here followeth the complaint of the godly party, together with their confession; this they knew well to be the readiest way to get off with comfort. God, say they here, hath neither avenged us on our enemies, nor showed us favour; he letteth our foes deal with us as we have dealt one with... read more

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