Isaiah 59:1-21
1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled.... [ Continue Reading ]
1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled.... [ Continue Reading ]
CP. 1:15.4. RV 'None sueth in righteousness.. in truth.' The allusion is to unjust prosecutions.... [ Continue Reading ]
COCKATRICE] RM 'adder.' HE THAT EATETH, etc.] i.e. the man who falls in with their plans is ruined thereby, and he who opposes them is confronted with a still greater danger.... [ Continue Reading ]
Their schemes cannot even benefit themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet and the people confess their sins. LIGHT] i.e. deliverance.... [ Continue Reading ]
GROPE.. WALL] seeking guidance: cp. Deuteronomy 28:29. _We are_ .. DEAD _men_] RV 'among them that are lusty we are as dead men.'... [ Continue Reading ]
MOURN] i.e. moan (Isaiah 38:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH US] i.e. present in our thoughts.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STREET] the open space in the city where business is done, and cases are brought before the judges.... [ Continue Reading ]
Injustice arouses God's indignation. FAILETH] RV 'is lacking.' JUDGMENT] justice. 16F. Cp. Isaiah 63:5.;... [ Continue Reading ]
The attributes of Jehovah, which come out clearly in His interposition, are figured as His armour. St. Paul's imagery (Ephesians 6:14.) is based on this passage.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISLANDS] put for distant lands generally. The judgment affects the world at large as WELL as Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN.. AGAINST HIM] RV 'for he shall come as a rushing stream, which the breath of the Lord' (i.e. a strong wind) 'driveth.'... [ Continue Reading ]
REDEEMER] i.e. Jehovah, who is so called elsewhere: cp. Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:1. This was fulfilled at Christ's first coming, when He was accepted by the faithful few in Israel. But St. Paul (Romans 11:26) applies the promise to the time when Israel, which did not accept the gospel, shall be resto... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SPIRIT, etc.] The faithful remnant is to be the inspired organ of Jehovah's revelation.... [ Continue Reading ]