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. 7. their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity (or evil)] corresponding to their deeds, Isa 59:6. wasting and destruction ] as ch. Isa 51:19, Isa 60:18; an alliteration in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:6
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works [are] works of iniquity, and the act of violence [is] in their hands. 6. Development of the second image of Isa 59:5, the point of comparison being the uselessness for any good social end of the schemes devised by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:5
They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 5. cockatrice’ eggs ] or basilisks ’ eggs. See on ch. Isa 11:8. The figure is expanded in the latter part of the verse, and the meaning seems to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:4
None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 4. The first half of the verse should be rendered as R.V. None sueth in righteousness, And none pleadeth in truth. The reference is to the abuse of legal procedure: lawsuits instituted … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 3. your hands are defiled with blood ] Cf. ch. Isa 1:15. hath uttered ] Better muttereth (as R.V.). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges For your hands are defiled with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear. 2. your iniquities have separated ] Lit. “have been separating.” The expression is that used of the firmament in Gen 1:6; it implies that guilt has been a permanent cause of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:1
Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 1. Behold the hand of Jehovah is not too short (cf. ch. Isa 50:2) to save, Nor His ear too heavy (ch. Isa 6:10) to hear. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1, 2. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 59:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 58:14
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it]. 14. Then shalt thou delight thyself ] Better: Then shalt thou have thy delight; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 58:14”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 58:13
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words: 13, 14. A promise attached to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 58:13”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 58:12
And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. 12. Comp. ch. Isa 61:4, Isa 49:8. The importance attached to the restoration of the ruined … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 58:12”