Bible Commentary

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 1. Cry aloud ] lit. Cry with the throat, with the full power of the voice. shew my people their transgression &c.] The function of the true prophet as distinguished from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 58:1”

[There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 21. There is no peace &c. ] see on ch. Isa 48:22. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges There is no peace – (see the note at Isa 48:22). Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Isa 57:21 There is no peace, saith … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 57:21”

But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 20, 21. Their peace is contrasted with the eternal unrest of the wicked. For the image cf. Judges 13. when ( for) it cannot rest ] as Jer 49:23. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 57:20”

I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to [him that is] far off, and to [him that is] near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. 19. I create the fruit of the lips ] Better, creating fruit of the lips, continuing Isa 57:18. “Fruit of the lips” means praise and thanksgiving, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 57:19”

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. 18. I have seen his ways ] Either “his sinful ways” or “the amendment of his ways.” The first view is perhaps more probable, in which case the words would be better … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 57:18”

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. 17. For the iniquity of his covetousness ] The mention of “covetousness” as the typical sin of the community here addressed affords some support to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 57:17”

For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made. 16. Hardly less remarkable is the motive here assigned for the Divine clemency, Jehovah’s compassion for the frailty of His creatures (Psa 103:9; Psa 103:13 f., Psa 78:39). The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 57:16”

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 15. high and lofty ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 57:15”

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. 14. And shall say ] or, And it shall be said (R.V. marg.). The speaker is Jehovah (“my people”), not one of the angelic beings of the Prologue. The expression means simply … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 57:14”

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take [them]: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; 13. When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee ] Cf. Jer 2:28. The word for “companies” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 57:13”