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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Isaiah 57:17

Verse Isaiah 57:17. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth - "Because of his iniquity for a short time was I wroth"] For בצעו bitso, I read בצע betsa, a little while, from בצע batsa, he cut off, as the Septuagint read and render it, βραχυ τι "a certain short space." Propter iniquitatem avaritiae ejus, "because of the iniquity of his avarice," the rendering of the Vulgate, which our translators and I believe all others follow, is surely quite beside the purpose.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THE INIQUITY OF HIS COVETOUSNESS - The guilt of his avarice; that is, of the Jewish people. The word rendered here ‘covetousness’ (בצע _betsa‛_) means “plunder, rapine, prey”; then unjust gains, o...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A GRACIOUS PROMISE TO THE PARTY OF THE PIOUS. This oracle is modelled on Isaiah 40, though the way is figurative. Yahweh commands that the Way of His adherents be raised and freed from obstacles. He,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I HID ME. Compare Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 59:2; Isaiah 64:7....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    In striking contrast to the menacing tone of Isaiah 57:3 ff. is the impressive and elevated language in which the prophet now sets forth the gracious thoughts of Jehovah towards His erring but repenta...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _For the iniquity of his covetousness_ The mention of "covetousness" as the typical sin of the community here addressed affords some support to the theory that the post-exilic Jews are referred to. Se...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 990 GOD’S MERCY TO THE HOST OBSTINATE SINNERS Isaiah 57:17._—For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on forwardly in the way o...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THE INIQUITY OF HIS COVETOUSNESS— In order to reclaim a wandering and carnal people, we are here told that God had applied the rod of his chastising judgments, which yet however had produced no go...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. SMITING TEXT: Isaiah 57:14-19 14 And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. FOR THE INIQUITY OF HIS COVETOUSNESS WAS I WROTH. "Coveto...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    2. The peace of the grave is better than the condition of unrest under their rulers (Isaiah 57:1). SHALL ENTER.. SHALL REST] RV 'entereth.. rest.' 3, 5. SONS, etc.] i.e. descendants, perpetuating the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    God hid His face and was angry, in order to turn His people from their sins. COVETOUSNESS] cp. Jeremiah 6:13; Amos 8:4....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The people’s punishment was to become *exiles in Babylon, far away from their own land....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR THE INIQUITY OF HIS COVETOUSNESS... — Literally, _of his gain._ This was the root-evil, out of which all others sprang (Jeremiah 6:13; Ezekiel 33:31; 1 Timothy 6:10), and for this, therefore, a sh...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בַּ עֲוֹ֥ן בִּצְעֹ֛ו קָצַ֥פְתִּי וְ אַכֵּ֖הוּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For the (t) iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and smote him: I hid myself, and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. (t) That is, for the vices and faults of the peop...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Heart. Dreadful state of the abandoned sinner! (Deuteronomy xxxii.21., and Psalm xii. 2., and xliii. 24.)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Can there be a sweeter description than these words contain, of the graciousness of God, in his dealings, with sinners? The Lord corrects; the Lord hides his face; the Lord sends affliction. Wave foll...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    17._For the iniquity of his lust. _Here he complains of the obstinate wickedness of the people, and shows that the Lord had very good reason for punishing him in this manner; so that there can be no c...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THE INIQUITY OF HIS COVETOUSNESS WAS I WROTH, AND SMOTE HIM,.... Not the greedy watchmen of the church of Rome, Isaiah 56:10, but teachers and preachers in the reformed churches, who mind their o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. Ver. 17. _For the iniquity of his covetousness._] Or, Of hi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For the iniquity of his covetousness_ The covetousness of the Jewish people, (here addressed as one man,) who were eminently guilty of this sin before the Babylonish captivity, as is expressly affirm...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For the iniquity of his covetousness, on account of the guilt of Israel, WAS I WROTH AND SMOTE HIM, for the sin of avarice, the love of money, is properly called a root of all evil. I HID ME AND WAS W...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jehovah Grants Salvation and Peace to the Repentant. What the Lord had indicated at the end of the fast paragraph He now elaborates upon....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FROWARDLY: _ Heb._ turning away...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-21 The idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace, shall be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there is neither beginning of days, nor end of l...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    COVETOUSNESS; of which sin the Jews were eminently guilty, as is expressly affirmed, JEREMIAH 6:13, JEREMIAH 8:10. But this is not mentioned exclusively as to other sins, but synecdochically, so as to...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 57:17 iniquity H5771 covetousness H1215 angry H7107 (H8804) struck H5221 (H8686) hid H5641 (H8687) angry...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YAHWEH WILL MAKE A WAY BACK TO HIMSELF AND WILL RESTORE THOSE WHOM HE CHOOSES TO HIMSELF IN SPITE OF THEIR UNDESERVING AND UNRESPONSIVENESS (ISAIAH 57:14). They must remember that in spite of what the...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 57:15 I. A contrite heart does not merely mean a broken heart; it means more. It means literally a heart crushed, a heart ground to powder. You can have no stronger word. It was this heart whic...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For I will not contend for ever_ GOD’S CONTENDINGS WITH MAN I. LET US ADVERT TO THE CONTROVERSY ITSELF--WHAT IT IS, WHY IT IS, AND HOW IT IS CARRIED ON. What this quarrel is we know. It is a part of...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity._ A ROYAL MANIFESTO A royal manifesto win His character as Sovereign, God brings before us, and before His loyal subjects in every age...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth_ THE PUNISHMENT OF BACKSLIDERS; BUT THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN PENITENT These words remind us of the language of the apostle to the Romans: “Where sin...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 57:14 God opens the way into his presence for all who are repentant. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 57:16 God knows how much discipline the human heart can take (see 1 Peter 5:10). He heals those who mourn the poor spiritual condition of his people (see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    ABOUNDING SIN AND ABOUNDING GRACE Isaiah 57:17. _For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth, &c._ The design of the Bible is twofold: first, to reveal man to himself, and, next, to reveal God t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 57:1, ISAIAH 57:2 THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR. The Hebrews were given to expec

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:3; Colossians 3:5; Ecclesiast

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Covetousness — Of which sin the Jews were eminently guilty. But this comprehends all those sins for which God contended with them. He went — Yet he was not reformed, but trespassed more and more....

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