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Verse Isaiah 59:16. _AND WONDERED THAT_ THERE WAS _NO INTERCESSOR_]
This and the following verses some of the most eminent rabbins
understand as spoken of the Messiah. Kimchi says that Rabbi Joshua b...
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AND HE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO MAN - That is, no wise and prudent man
qualified to govern the affairs of the people. Or, that there was no
man qualified to interpose and put an end to these evils; no on...
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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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ISAIAH 59:15 _ b_ - ISAIAH 59:21. YAHWEH HIMSELF BECOMES THE CHAMPION
OF THE Right. Yahweh is indignant that Right is absent. He sees there
is none to interpose (_mg._) for her, so His own power bring...
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ARM. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6). Put by Figure of
speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the power put forth by it....
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Comp. the closely parallel passage, ch. Isaiah 63:5.
there was _no man_ See on ch. Isaiah 50:2.
_no intercessor_ Better NONE TO INTERPOSE, i.e. on behalf of truth and
right (cf. Ezekiel 22:30). Duhm...
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3. THE CURE
TEXT: Isaiah 59:15-21
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And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
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And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no
intercessor: therefor...
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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 M...
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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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HE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO MAN... — If the words mean no “righteous
man,” we have a parallel in Jeremiah 5:1, and the “intercessor”
points to action like that of Aaron (Numbers 16:48) or Phinehas
(Numbe...
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וַ יַּרְא֙ כִּֽי ־אֵ֣ין אִ֔ישׁ וַ
יִּשְׁתֹּומ
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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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THE DIVINE ARM BRINGS REDEMPTION
Isaiah 59:15-21
_Israel's Savior_. The Almighty Lover of souls is described as looking
round to see if help were forthcoming from any other quarter; and
there being...
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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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And he saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that [there was] no
intercessor: (o) therefore his arm brought (p) salvation to him; and
his righteousness, it sustained him.
(o) Meaning, to do justi...
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_Himself, to arrest his arm, stretched out to chastise his son; or to
second him. There is nothing in man to stop God's vengeance. He
therefore pardons out of his own goodness, chap. lix. 2., and lxii...
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I made but a short observation on the long passage before this, in
order that I might enter upon the soul-relieving truth in the view of
the Lord Jesus, which here succeeds the melancholy subject. He...
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16._He saw that there was no man. _Isaiah continues the same subject,
but expresses more, and relates more fully what he had briefly
noticed; for what he said in the preceding verse, that “it
displeas...
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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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AND HE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO MAN,.... Whose works are good, as the
Targum adds; no good man, or faithful and righteous one, that had any
regard to truth and justice; that was an advocate for truth, an...
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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.
Ver. 16. _And wondered._] The...
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_And he saw there was no man_ Namely, to intercede, which is
understood from the following words; or no man to help in such a case,
and to appear in the behalf of equity. See Ezekiel 22:30. _And
wonde...
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THE LORD MAKING READY FOR JUDGMENT AND REDEMPTION...
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And He saw that there was no man, no hero, no champion to work
deliverance, AND WONDERED THAT THERE WAS NO INTERCESSOR, none to
interpose in behalf of the oppressed people; THEREFORE HIS ARM BROUGHT
S...
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16-21 This passage is connected with the following chapters. It is
generally thought to describe the coming of the Messiah, as the
Avenger and Deliverer of his church. There was none to intercede wit...
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NO MAN, viz. _to intercede_, which is supplied from the following
words; or no man to help in such a case, to show himself and appear in
such a corrupt state in the behalf of equity, as ISAIAH 59:4; t...
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Isaiah 59:16 saw H7200 (H8799) man H376 wondered H8074 (H8709)
intercessor H6293 (H8688) arm H2220 salvation...
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GOD WILL ACT TO DELIVER ZION (ISAIAH 59:15).
When God looked down He saw that there was no one who could deliver,
none who was fitted to be the Servant. And (speaking from a human
point of view) He co...
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59:16. _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._
Man's extremity was Chris...
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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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_And He saw that there was no man_
GOD, MAN’S GREAT REDEEMER
Do not let us suppose this is mere poetry.
Conceive what inspires it,--the great truth that in the Infinite there
is a heart to throb for...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:14 For his own glory, the Lord will make
his people the predominant culture of a glorious new world.
⇐...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:15 IT DISPLEASED HIM... HIS OWN ARM BROUGHT
HIM SALVATION. God, who is offended by sin, is the only one able to
accomplish salvation. HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS UPHELD HIM. The Lord’s...
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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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Ezekiel 22:30; Genesis 18:23; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 52:10; Isaiah 63:3