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Verse Isaiah 57:16. _FOR I WILL NOT CONTEND FOR EVER_] The learned
have taken a great deal of pains to little purpose on the latter part
of this verses which they suppose to be very obscure. After all...
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FOR I WILL NOT CONTEND FOR EVER - I will not be angry with my people
forever, nor always refuse to pardon and comfort them (see Psalms
103:9). This is to be regarded as having been primarily addressed...
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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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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,...
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SOULS. breathing things. Hebrew. _neshamah._ App-16. See note on
Isaiah 2:22 ("breath")....
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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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4. SMITING
TEXT: Isaiah 57:14-19
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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.
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For thus saith the high and lofty One tha...
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For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for
the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
FOR - referring to the promise, in Isaiah 57:14, of restoring...
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57:16 souls (b-23) Lit. 'the breaths.'...
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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 th...
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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 pe...
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I WILL NOT CONTEND FOR EVER... — The words come as a message of
comfort to the penitent who is still bearing the chastisement of his
sins. The time during which God “contends” with him as an accuser
a...
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כִּ֣י לֹ֤א לְ עֹולָם֙ אָרִ֔יב וְ לֹ֥א
לָ נֶ֖צַח אֶקְּצֹ֑וף כִּי ־ר֨וּחַ֙ מִ
לְּ...
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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 soon as their city was again fairly in sight,
that there should re-awake...
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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 val...
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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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For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always angry: (s)
for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have
made.
(s) I will not use my power against frail man, whose life...
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_End. I will not always threaten or be angry, Genesis vi. 3. (Calmet)
--- Spirit. Holy Ghost. (St. Irenæus v. 12.) (St. Augustine) --- God
spares the humble penitent, and grants what they desire with...
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Reader! how blessed and lovely do these sweet verses come in, after
what was said before! The former representation of our poor nature,
was like a dreary wilderness, or the heath in the desert, that k...
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16._Because not for ever will I strive. _He continues the same
doctrine; for it was difficult to persuade them of this, seeing that
during that painful captivity they perceived that God was their enem...
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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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FOR I WILL NOT CONTEND FOR EVER,.... By afflictive providences; with
the humble and contrite, the end being in a great measure answered by
their humiliation and contrition; when God afflicts his peopl...
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For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for
the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
Ver. 16. _For I will not contend for ever._] It soon repentet...
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_For thus saith the high and lofty One_ The omnipotent and supreme
Ruler of the universe; _that inhabiteth eternity_ Who is from
everlasting to everlasting, without beginning of days, or end of life,...
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Jehovah Grants Salvation and Peace to the Repentant.
What the Lord had indicated at the end of the fast paragraph He now
elaborates upon....
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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...
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I WILL NOT CONTEND FOR EVER; I will not constantly proceed to the
utmost severity with sinful men in this life, and therefore I will put
an end to the miseries of the Jews, and turn their captivity. F...
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Isaiah 57:16 contend H7378 (H8799) forever H5769 always H5331 angry
H7107 (H8799) spirit H7307 fail H5848 (H8799) before H6440 souls H5397
made H6213 (H8804)
I will not - Psalms 78:38-39, Psalms 85:5...
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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 th...
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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 whi...
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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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_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...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 57:14 God opens the way into his presence for
all who are repentant.
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 57:1, ISAIAH 57:2
THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR. The Hebrews were given
to expect that long life should, as a general rule, accompany
righteousness (Exodus 20:12; 1...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 12:7; Hebrews 12:9; Isaiah 42:5; Jeremiah 10:24; Jeremiah
38:16; Job 34:14; Job 34:15; Micah 7:18; Numbers 16:22; Psalms 103:9
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For — I will not proceed to the utmost severity with sinful men....