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THEY HATCH COCKATRICE’ EGGS - Margin, ‘Adders’.’ On the
meaning of the word rendered here ‘cockatrice,’ see the notes at
Isaiah 11:8. Some poisonous serpent is intended, probably the adder,
or the ser...
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CHAPTER 59
Apostasy and Confession, Jehovah's Intervention and the Coming of the
Redeemer
1. _The deplorable condition of the people (Isaiah 59:1) _ 2. _The
confession (Isaiah 59:9) _ 3. Jehovah's in...
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SOLELY THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE DELAY YAHWEH'S INTERVENTION.
Isaiah 59:5, with their fantastic metaphors and bitter invective, are
probably a later addition made in even gloomier times. Note the third
p...
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COCKATRICE. adders', or vipers'. See note on Isaiah 11:8.
EGGS... WEB. Note the _Alternation_ in verses: Isaiah 5:6.
WEAVE. See note on Isaiah 19:9.
VIPER. Occurs in Isaiah only here, and in the "fo...
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_cockatrice" eggs_ or BASILISKS " eggs. See on ch. Isaiah 11:8. The
figure is expanded in the latter part of the verse, and the meaning
seems to be that the persons spoken of brood over and bring to
m...
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These verses differ somewhat in character from Isaiah 59:3 f., and are
regarded by Duhm and Cheyne as a quotation from some Psalm or
collection of proverbs. In point of fact the first part of Isaiah 5...
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FOR YOUR HANDS ARE DEFILED— The prophet here goes on to specify
those iniquities which he had mentioned in general, and in such an
order, that he distributes them, as it were, through the members of
t...
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F. WRATH OF THE LORD UPON COVENANT DESPISERS, CHAPTER 59
1. THEIR CRIMES
TEXT: Isaiah 59:1-8
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Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither
his ear heavy, that it cannot he...
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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...
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59:5 serpents' (g-3) Perhaps 'vipers'.' But the viper's egg is not
laid before it is hatched....
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COCKATRICE]
RM 'adder.' HE THAT EATETH, etc.] i.e. the man who falls in with their
plans is ruined thereby, and he who opposes them is confronted with a
still greater danger....
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1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of
restoration have not yet been fulfilled....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 59
WHY GOD DOES NOT ANSWER PRAYERS
V1 The *Lord can still save. His pow...
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People’s evil behaviour is as dangerous as the bite of a poisonous
snake. One bite can cause death....
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THEY HATCH COCKATRICE’ EGGS. — Better, _basilisk’s,_ as in
Isaiah 14:29. The schemes of the evil-doers are displayed in their
power for evil and their impotence for good. To “eat of the eggs,”
which a...
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בֵּיצֵ֤י צִפְעֹונִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְ
קוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ...
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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
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INIQUITIES SEPARATE FROM GOD
Isaiah 59:1-15
_Israel's sins_, Isaiah 59:1-8. Much of our suffering in life results
from our sins, which cut off God's health and help. Let us not blame
Providence, but...
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Continuing, the prophet makes confession of moral failure. This he
does first by declaring the reason for national suffering. It is not
to be found in Jehovah's inability, nor in His unwillingness. Th...
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They hatch (d) eggs of an adder, and weave the spider's (e) web: he
that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh
out into a viper.
(d) Whatever comes from them is poison, and b...
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_Basilisk, or viper. (Calmet) --- The young ones "burst through the
viper's sides." (Pliny, [Natural History?] x. 62.) --- So the works of
the wicked are useless or destructive._...
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Here is a long and sad account of men's revolt and transgression,
which fully explains what was said before, as well as accounts for the
divine corrections which followed. Men may well wait for the li...
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5._They hatch the eggs of the basilisk. _The Prophet proceeds farther,
comparing the Jews not only to women, but to venomous beasts; so as to
make it more evident that everything that proceeds from th...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 58 AND 59.
But these moral considerations rouse the indignation of the Spirit at
the condition of Israel in the days of the prophecy-their sin and
their hypoc...
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THEY HATCH COCKATRICE EGGS, AND WEAVE THE SPIDER'S WEB,.... Invent
false doctrines according to their own fancies, which may seem fair
and plausible, but are poisonous and pernicious; as the "eggs [of...
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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.
Ver. 5. They hatch cockatrice' eggs,] _i.e., _ Poison...
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_They hatch cockatrice' eggs_ They contrive and execute wicked
purposes and practices, whereby sure and sudden destruction is brought
upon themselves and others. Of the _cockatrice_, or _basilisk_, as...
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COCKATRICE:
Or, adders
THAT WHICH IS CRUSHED BREAKETH OUT INTO A VIPER:
Or, that which is sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper...
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1-8 If our prayers are not answered, and the salvation we wait for is
not wrought for us, it is not because God is weary of hearing prayer,
but because we are weary of praying. See here sin in true c...
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THEY HATCH COCKATRICE EGGS; or _adder_, or _basilisk_; one kind put
for any venomous creature; a proverbial speech, signifying by these
eggs mischievous designs, and by _hatching_ them their putting t...
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Isaiah 59:5 hatch H1234 (H8765) vipers H6848 eggs H1000 weave H707
(H8799) spiders H5908 web H6980 eats...
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JUDAH/JACOB IN ITS SIN (ISAIAH 59:1 A).
Isaiah 59:1
‘Behold Yahweh's hand is not shortened that it cannot save,
Nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear,
But your iniquities have separated between yo...
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CONTENTS: Sins which prevented the bestowal of God's blessing and
caused chastisements to fall upon Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit
CONCLUSION: If prayers are not answered and the salva...
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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...
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_They hatch cockatrice’ eggs_
WICKED DEVICES
I. THE DEVICES OF THY. WICKED.
1. Like eggs--productive.
2. Like cockatrice’ eggs--injurious.
3. Like spiders’ webs--frail, useless.
II. THEIR EFFECT...
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_Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened_
Isaiah 57:1.
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...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:3 These sins, which keep God’s presence
away, are not religious but social. THEY CONCEIVE MISCHIEF AND GIVE
BIRTH TO INIQUITY (v. Isaiah 59:4).
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 59:1
A GENERAL REBUKE OF ISRAEL FOR ITS MANIFOLD SINS, The command given to
the prophet in Isaiah 58:1 to "show God's people the
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Now 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'...
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Isaiah 14:29; Matthew 12:34; Matthew 3:7; Proverbs 23:32...
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Cockatrice eggs — One kind put for any venomous creature, a
proverbial speech signifying by these eggs mischievous designs, and by
hatching them, their putting them in practice. Web — Another
proverbi...