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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Isaiah 57:13

When thou criest, in vexation over disappointed hopes, let thy companies, all the agencies upon which she had relied, deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away, a single breath of the Lord being sufficient to overthrow all her allies, vanity shall take them. But he that putteth his trust in Me shall possess the land and shall inherit My holy mountain, the picture of the occupation of Canaan and Zion being a type of the possession and government which pertains to the believers by the merciful gift of Jehovah.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 57:13. _LET THY COMPANIES DELIVER THEE _- "Let thine associates deliver thee"] _Thirty-nine_ MSS. (_ten_ ancient) of Dr. _Kennicott's_, and _two_ of my own, and the two oldest editions ha...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEN THOU CRIEST - That is, when you are in trouble, and feel your need of help. LET THY COMPANIES DELIVER THEE - The word used here (קבוּץ _qibûts_) means, properly, “a gathering; a throng; a collec...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Chapter s 56:9-57:14 must be read continuously. CHAPTER S 56:9-57:21 The Condition of the Apostate Nation and the two Classes 1. _The condition of the shepherds of Israel (Isaiah 56:9) _ 2. _Apostat...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    AN INVECTIVE AGAINST THE PRO-SAMARITANS. Yahweh turns now bitterly to upbraid the pro-Samaritan party in the community, among whom flourished many of the primitive Palestinian religious practices. To...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CRIEST. In distress. THY COMPANIES. The paramours of Isaiah 57:8. WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. VANITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for vain men. Compare Psalms 144:4.James 4

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 56:9 to Isaiah 57:21. A Protest against the Unworthy Shepherds of God's Flock, and the arrogant Heathenism by which it is threatened; followed by a Message of Consolation to True Israelites Th...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Invective against an idolatrous party. With regard to the reference of this obscure and difficult passage the following points have to be noticed: (1) The scenery of Isaiah 57:5 is unmistakeably Pales...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    But Jehovah will no longer be silent; He will proceed to judgement (cf. again Psalms 50:21). _I will declare thy righteousness_ must be spoken ironically: "I will expose thy (pretended) righteousness....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee_ Cf. Jeremiah 2:28. The word for "companies" does not occur elsewhere; it means THEM WHICH THOU HAST GATHERED (R.V.): THY RABBLE of idols (R.V. marg.)...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. STUPIDITY TEXT: Isaiah 57:11-13 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long tim...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    57:13 thee (a-10) Or 'the multitude of thine [idols].'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    2. The peace of the grave is better than the condition of unrest under their rulers (Isaiah 57:1). SHALL ENTER.. SHALL REST] RV 'entereth.. rest.' 3, 5. SONS, etc.] i.e. descendants, perpetuating the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    COMPANIES] RM 'rabble,' alluding to the numerous gods introduced. VANITY, etc.] RV 'a breath shall carry them away.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    For Isaiah’s opinion about people who are foolish enough to love *idols, see Isaiah 44:9-20. GOD HELPS THOSE WHO TRUST HIM V14 The *Lord gives the command: ‘Repair the road! Remove the rocks and st...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 57 GOD’S LOYAL PEOPLE MAY SUFFER V1 Sometimes good people die young. So do some holy p...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LET THY COMPANIES... — The word is used contemptuously of the crowd of gods introduced by the confluent idolatry of Manasseh. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 33:3.) The prophet taunts the worshipper with their im...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בְּ זַֽעֲקֵךְ֙ יַצִּילֻ֣ךְ קִבּוּצַ֔יִךְ וְ אֶת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1 IT was inevitable, as so

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    NO PEACE TO THE WICKED Isaiah 57:1-21 A terrible portrayal is given here of the idolatries and impurities into which the Chosen People had fallen. These scenes under “the oaks” (r.v.) and in the vall...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Because of the failure of these blind watchmen and drunken leaders, righteous men perish, while none lay it to heart. Moreover, the people have yielded to the evil influences of such leaders; "sons of...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind (q) 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Companies, or princes, in whom thou hast confided. Assyria and Egypt cannot save themselves. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This, it should seem, is a representation of such awful characters as were before described, disappointed in the pursuit of their pleasures, pausing over their dreadful state, and yet, though confessi...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13._When thou shalt cry, let thy troops deliver thee. _He states more fully what he had slightly touched in the former verse, that, when they shall come to close quarters, they shall be ashamed; for t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57. Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things. Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the Gentiles....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEN THOU CRIEST, LET THY COMPANIES DELIVER THEE,.... From distress and impending ruin, if they can; meaning not the allies and auxiliaries of the Jews, the Egyptians and Assyrians, they sent to for h...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 hol...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Of whom hast thou been afraid_, &c. And what, or who are they, the fear of whom drives thee to these wicked and desperate practices? Are they not weak and mortal creatures, such as wholly depend upon...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-21 The idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace, shall be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there is neither beginning of days, nor end of l...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHEN THOU CRIEST, to wit, unto me for deliverance, LET THY COMPANIES DELIVER THEE; expect it not from me, whom thou hast forsaken and despised, but from those foreign troops to whom thou hast sought a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 57:13 out H2199 (H8800) collection H6899 deliver H5337 (H8686) wind H7307 away H5375 (H8799) breath...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PRESENT BEHAVIOUR OF THE GODLESS; THE PEOPLE BECOME LIKE THE LEADERS THAT THEY SUPPORT (ISAIAH 57:3). There now follows a description of the backsliding of the people into idolatry and the occult....

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The prophet has been giving a very terrible description of the sin of the nation. We need not read it all, but at last he says this: Isaiah 57:10. _Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way;_ «Th...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    A lament for the death of the righteous many of them put to death by persecution. Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none consideri...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Further ethical instructions. Sins of the people denounced. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God is justly displeased when the voice of His rod is not heard, much more, when sin and idolatry a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth._ This was written as a tribute, it would seem, to the memory of king Hezekiah, who was recently called from an earthly to a heavenly crown. He entered into peace...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 57:1, ISAIAH 57:2 THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR. The Hebrews were given to expec

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, and none is considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come (Isaiah 57:1). There are many w...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 3:13; Ezekiel 20:40; Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 26:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But — But they shall be carried away suddenly and violently by the blast of mine anger. Vanity — A vapour which quickly vanishes away. Inherit — Shall enjoy my favour and presence in my temple....

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