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AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES? - The word here rendered
‘sport’ (ענג _‛__ānag_) means properly “to live
delicately and tenderly”; then “to rejoice, to take pleasure or
delight.” Here, however,...
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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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CHILDREN. offspring.
TRANSGRESSION: i.e. inborn transgression. Hebrew. _pasha_ '. App-44.
SEED OF FALSEHOOD. false seed. Figure of speech _Enallage._...
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On the contemptuous attitude of the Samaritans towards the Jews, see
Nehemiah 4:1-4, and comp. ch. Isaiah 66:5.
_sport yourselves_ Lit. "take your delight" (ch. Isaiah 55:2;...
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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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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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Indignant summons to the apostate community.
_But draw near hither_ Better, BUT AS FOR YOU, DRAW NEAR HITHER &c. to
hear your doom (cf. Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 48:16).
_ye sons of_ _A_...
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D. WEARINESS TO WICKED WHO BREAK COVENANT WITH THE LORD, CHAPTER 57
1. SORCERY
TEXT: Isaiah 57:1-5
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The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful
men are taken away, none co...
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Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide
mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression,
a seed of falsehood,
AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES? - ma...
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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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AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES? — The question, as in Isaiah
37:23, is one of indignant scorn, the implied answer being that the
mockers were deriding the servants of Jehovah. (Comp. Wisdom 2), a...
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עַל ־מִי֙ תִּתְעַנָּ֔גוּ עַל ־מִ֛י
תַּרְחִ֥יבוּ...
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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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_Tongue, in contempt. Saints, and particularly Jesus Christ, have been
exposed to ridicule._...
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What a change is here! Oh! the awfulness of an unawakened,
unregenerated nature! What a sad thought is it, that from generation
to generation, the deadly seeds of sin thus bring forth, and blossom,
an...
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4._On whom have ye made sport? _The Prophet shows that there is no
reason why the Jews should boast so proudly on the pretense of their
birth, seeing that they mocked at God and the prophets. They tho...
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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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AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES?.... Is it against the ministers
of the Gospel, the prophets of the Lord, the true and faithful
witnesses, over whose dead bodies you triumph? know that it is not s...
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Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide
mouth, [and] draw out the tongue? [are] ye not children of
transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Ver. 4. _Against whom do ye sport yours...
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_But draw near hither_, &c. “The prophet proceeds to exhibit the
church, totally corrupt as it was, the good men being extinct or
dispersed; so that they who remained of the pure seed of the church
la...
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Against whom do ye sport yourselves? in malignant joy, in insulting
sneers. AGAINST WHOM MAKE YE A WIDE MOUTH AND DRAW OUT THE TONGUE? in
malicious mockery. These gestures of derision on the part of t...
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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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AGAINST WHOM DO YE SPORT YOURSELVES? consider whom it is that you mock
and scoff when you deride God's prophets, as they did, ISAIAH
28:14,22, and know that it is not so much men that you abuse as God...
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Isaiah 57:4 ridicule H6026 (H8691) wide H7337 (H8686) mouth H6310 out
H748 (H8686) tongue H3956 children...
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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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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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2 Peter 2:13; Acts 9:4; Colossians 3:6; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 2:3;...
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Against whom — Consider whom it is that you mock and scoff, when you
deride God's prophets. A seed — A generation of liars, whose
practices contradict your professions, who deal deceitfully both with...