Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: The reason why Yahweh does not deliver His people, notwithstanding their religious services (), is not want of power on His part, but because of their sins (Isaiah 59:1); Isaiah 59:9 contain... [ Continue Reading ]
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. YOUR SINS HAVE HID (HIS) FACE FROM YOU - Hebrew, have caused Him to hide His face from you (). The awful picture here given of their iniquities, which separated between them... [ Continue Reading ]
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. (; Romans 3:13.) FOR YOUR HANDS ARE DEFILED WITH BLOOD, AND YOUR FINGERS WITH INIQUITY - not merely the "hands" perpetrate deeds of grosser enormity ("blood... [ Continue Reading ]
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. NONE CALLETH FOR JUSTICE, NOR ANY PLEADETH FOR TRUTH - rather, 'No one calleth an adversary into court with justice' - i:e., None bringeth a just suit; 'N... [ Continue Reading ]
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. COCKATRICE. Probably the basilisk serpent cerastes (cf. note, ). Instead of crushing evil in the egg, they foster it. AND WEAVE THE SPIDER'S WEB. This... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THEIR WEBS SHALL NOT BECOME GARMENTS - like the "fig-leaves" wherewith Adam and Eve vainly tried to cover their shame, as contr... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THEIR FEET RUN TO EVIL - all their members are active in evil; in the 'hands, fingers, lips, and tongue' are specified. AND THEY MAKE HASTE T... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THE WAY OF PEACE THEY KNOW NOT - whether in relation to God, to their own conscience, or to their fellow-men (Isaiah 57:20). AND (THERE IS)... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THEREFORE IS JUDGMENT FAR FROM US - retribution in kind, because, they had shown "no judgment in their goings" (). 'The vindication of our just r... [ Continue Reading ]
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. WE GROPE FOR THE WALL LIKE THE BLIND - fulfilling Moses' threat (Deuteronomy 28:29). WE STUMBLE AT NOON-DAY AS IN THE NIGHT. There is no relaxa... [ Continue Reading ]
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. WE ROAR ALL LIKE BEARS - We moan plaintively, like a hungry bear which growls for food. AND MOURN SORE LIKE DOVES - (; ). WE LOOK ... FOR SALVATION, (BUT) IT... [ Continue Reading ]
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS ARE MULTIPLIED BEFORE THEE, AND OUR SINS TESTIFY AGAINST US - (, etc.) THEE ... US - antithesis. FOR OUR TRA... [ Continue Reading ]
In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. IN TRANSGRESSING AND LYING AGAINST THE LORD, AND DEPARTING AWAY FROM OUR GOD ... The particulars of the sins generally confesse... [ Continue Reading ]
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. AND JUDGMENT IS TURNED AWAY BACKWARD, AND JUSTICE STANDETH AFAR OFF - Justice and righteousness are put away from our legal courts. FOR TRUTH IS FALLEN IN THE STREET... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. YEA, TRUTH FAILETH - is not to be found. HE THAT DEPARTETH FROM EVIL MAKETH HIMSELF A PREY - be that will not fall in with the prevailing iniquity e... [ Continue Reading ]
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. AND HE SAW THAT (THERE WAS) NO MAN, AND WONDERED THAT (THERE WAS) NO INTERCESSOR. "No man" - namely, to atone by his righteousness... [ Continue Reading ]
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke. FOR HE PUT ON RIGHTEOUSNESS AS A BREASTPLATE, AND AN HELMET OF SALVATION UPON HIS HEAD ... Messiah is represented as a w... [ Continue Reading ]
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS - Hebrew, 'recompences;' 'accordiing as their dees demand.' This verse predicts the judgments at the Lord's second coming, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. SO SHALL THEY FEAR THE NAME OF THE LORD FROM THE WEST, AND HIS GLORY FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. AND THE REDEEMER SHALL COME TO ZION. Romans 11:26 quotes it, "out of Zion." Thus Paul, by inspiration, supplements the sense from Psalms 14:7. He was, and is to come to Zion, first with redem... [ Continue Reading ]
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. AS FOR ME... [ Continue Reading ]