Isaiah 59:2
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:2 INIQUITIES and sins create a barrier between God and his people (see Hebrews 12:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:2 INIQUITIES and sins create a barrier between God and his people (see Hebrews 12:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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). Sin comes naturally. THEIR FEET RUN TO EVIL (v. Isaiah 59:7). See Romans 3:15. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:10 WE GROPE FOR THE WALL... WE STUMBLE AT NOON describes moral confusion. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:11 WE ALL GROWL LIKE BEARS is a picture of anguish. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:12 FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS. The people acknowledge that their guilt is the cause of their miseries (compare Psalms 51:3). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:14 For his own glory, the Lord will make his people the predominant culture of a glorious new world. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 faithfulness to his covenant promises was expressed in what he did. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.get... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:18 ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS. The Lord will REPAY with perfect justice. TO THE COASTLANDS. There is no hiding place for those facing judgment (see Amos 9:2). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:19 THE WEST... THE RISING OF THE SUN. These opposite directions include the entire world (see Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 52:10; Malachi 1:11). People from all around the world will know the Lord and fear his name (see 2 Chronicles 6:33; Psalms 102:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:20 The REDEEMER is the only alternative to God’s wrath (see Isaiah 59:18; and note on 41:14). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:21 AND AS FOR ME. God declares his commitment to his people. MY COVENANT WITH THEM is the messianic servant, the Redeemer of v. Isaiah 59:20 (see Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8). MY SPIRIT THAT IS UPON YOU, that is, upon the Messiah (see Isaiah 61:1).... [ Continue Reading ]