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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 59:9

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.

Ver. 9. Therefore is judgment far from us.] Here followeth the complaint of the godly party, together with their confession; this they knew well to be the readiest way to get off with comfort. God, say they here, hath neither avenged us on our enemies, nor showed us favour; he letteth our foes deal with us as we have dealt one with another.

We wait for light, but behold obscurity.] We promised ourselves a better estate, but ‘the matter mendeth with us,' quoth that martyr, ‘as sour ale doth in summer.'

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See also Isaiah 59:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEREFORE IS JUDGMENT FAR FROM US - This is the confession of the people that they were suffering not unjustly on account of their crimes. The word ‘judgment’ here is evidently to be taken in the sens...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 59:9_ a_. THE PEOPLE CONFESS THAT THEIR PITEOUS PLIGHT IS THE FRUIT OF THEIR WRONGDOING. The poet now joins himself to his people and, speaking in their name, owns the truth of the indictment i...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JUSTICE. righteousness. Same as "judgment", Isaiah 59:8....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The sorrow and dejection of the people is depicted in striking and pathetic images. It is the better mind of the community which is here expressed, its intense desire for the fulfilment of the divine...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Therefore_ on account of these sins and disorders, and not on account of Jehovah's remissness (Isaiah 59:1). _judgment … justice_(R.V. RIGHTEOUSNESS) are here again synonyms for salvation, right mani...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEREFORE IS JUDGMENT FAR FROM US— After an enumeration of the grievous sins and offences which deformed the church, the company of the faithful ministers of Jesus Christ, and the remaining true belie...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. THE CONSEQUENCES TEXT: Isaiah 59:9-15 a 9 Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscu...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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 - retributio...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    59:9 justice (i-3) Or 'judgment,' i.e. 'just judgment,' and so in vers. 11,14,15....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The prophet and the people confess their sins. LIGHT] i.e. deliverance....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Isaiah’s list of wicked deeds is a great shock to the people. They suddenly recognise that they are guilty of all those actions. Now they can understand why the *Lord is not helping them. But merely t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEREFORE IS JUDGMENT. — The pleading of the prophet is followed by the confession which he makes on their behalf. They admit that the delay in the manifestation of God’s judgment against their enemie...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עַל ־כֵּ֗ן רָחַ֤ק מִשְׁפָּט֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְ לֹ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Therefore is (f) judgment far from us, neither doth (g) justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness. (f) That is, God's vengeance to punish...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Therefore. The wicked Jews nevertheless confess that their sins prove their destruction._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._Therefore is judgment far from us. _After having described how corrupt and depraved was the condition of that people, he likewise shows that the severe chastisements inflicted on them are richly de...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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

    _Therefore is judgment far from us_ Because we have no regard for justice or honesty, God will not plead our cause against our oppressors; _neither doth justice overtake us_ He does not defend our rig...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Therefore is judgment far from us, the Jews themselves complaining that the sentence of deliverance is not spoken in their behalf, NEITHER DOTH JUSTICE, deliverance and salvation, OVERTAKE US, they ca...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 59:9 justice H4941 far H7368 (H8804) righteousness H6666 overtake H5381 (H8686) look H6960 (H8762) light...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Therefore is judgment far from us_ DEJECTION AND TROUBLE THE OUTCOME OF SIN The sorrow and dejection of the people is depicted in striking and pathetic images. It is the better mind of the communi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:9 THEREFORE. Isaiah leads his people away from blaming God (as implied in v. Isaiah 59:1) to accepting responsibility for their problems....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    HELP FOR SEEKERS OF THE LIGHT Isaiah 59:9. _We wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness._ I. I address myself, through the words of the text, to persons who are d...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Thessalonians 5:3; Amos 5:18; Habakkuk 1:13; Isaiah 5:30; J

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Justice — Judgment, and so justice is here taken for deliverance. God doth not defend our right, nor revenge our wrong, because of these outrages, and acts of violence, injustice, and oppression....

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