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Verse Isaiah 57:11. _NOR LAID_ IT _TO THY HEART_ - "Nor revolved it in
thy hand"] _Eight_ MSS., (_four_ ancient,) and the _two_ oldest
editions, with another, add the conjunction ו _vau_, ולא velo:
wh...
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AND OF WHOM HAST THOU BEEN AFRAID - The sense of this verse is
exceedingly obscure. The design is evidently to reprove the Jews for
the course which they had been pursuing in practicing idolatry, and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Although wearied by these idolatries they have persisted in them with
an infatuation which has blinded them to their desperate situation,
and rendered them indifferent to the fear of Jehovah.
_in the...
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Most critics detect in this verse a milder tone on the part of the
Divine speaker, as if He would find a partial excuse for the
apostasies of the people in their undue fear of other gods, and
distrust...
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3. STUPIDITY
TEXT: Isaiah 57:11-13
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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...
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And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and
hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my
peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
AND OF WHOM HA...
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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...
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AND OF WHOM HAST THOU BEEN AFRAID...? — The question implies that
Judah had been led by the fear of man to forsake the fear of Jehovah,
and this had led her to what was, in the fullest sense of the wo...
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וְ אֶת ־מִ֞י דָּאַ֤גְתְּ וַ
תִּֽירְאִי֙ כִּ֣י
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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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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...
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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...
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And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast (n) lied,
and hast not remembered me, nor laid [it] to thy heart? have not I
held my peace even of (o) old, and thou fearest me not?
(n) Br...
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CHAPTER LVII.
_ Afraid, since thou hast despised my, my laws and offers._...
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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...
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11._And whom hast thou worshipped and feared? _Here he breaks out more
vehemently against the Jews, because they were destitute of the fear
of God, though they boasted of their holiness and sheltered...
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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....
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AND OF WHOM HAST THOU BEEN AFRAID OR FEARED, THAT THOU HAST LIED,....
By assuming the name of Christian, when it did not belong to her; as
it does not to the church of Rome which is antichristian: thi...
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And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and
hast not remembered me, nor laid [it] to thy heart? have not I held my
peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
Ver. 11. _And...
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_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...
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And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared that thou hast lied and
hast not remembered Me, nor laid it to thy heart? In spite of her
faithlessness she is utterly callous and indifferent; she is
appar...
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JEHOVAH REJECTS ALL IDOLATERS...
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3-12 The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before
him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they
ridiculed the word of God. The Jews were guilty of idolatry b...
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AND OF WHOM HAST THOU BEEN AFRAID OR FEARED? and what or who are they
the fear of whom drives thee to these wicked and desperate courses?
Are they not men, weak and mortal creatures, such as wholly de...
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Isaiah 57:11 afraid H1672 (H8804) feared H3372 (H8799) lied H3576
(H8762) remembered H2142 (H8804) taken...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 57:1, ISAIAH 57:2
THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR. The Hebrews were given
to expec
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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...
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1 Timothy 4:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Acts 5:3; Ecclesiastes 8:11;...
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Feared — And who are they, the fear of whom drives thee to these
wicked courses? Lied — That thou hast dealt thus perfidiously with
me. Not remembered — Hast thou forgotten all those great things
whic...