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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Isaiah Chapter 59 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Isaiah Chapter 59 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. hid--Hebrew, "caused Him to hide"
(La 3:44).
Isaiah Chapter 59 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3.
(Isa 1:15; Ro 3:13-15).
hands . . . fingers--Not merely the "hands" perpetrate deeds of grosser enormity ("blood"), but the "fingers" commit more minute acts of "iniquity."
lips . . . tongue--The lips "speak" openly "lies," the tongue "mutters" malicious insinuations ("perverseness"; perverse misrepresentations of others)
(Jer 6:28; 9:4).
Isaiah Chapter 59 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. Rather, "No one calleth an adversary into court with justice," that is, None bringeth a just suit: "No one pleadeth with truth."
they trust . . . iniquity--(So
Job 15:35; Ps 7:14).
Isaiah Chapter 59 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5. cockatrice--probably the basilisk serpent, cerastes. Instead of crushing evil in the egg, they foster it.
spider's web--This refers not to the spider's web being made to entrap, but to its thinness, as contrasted with substantial "garments," as
Isa 59:6
shows. Their works are vain and transitory
(Job 8:14; Pr 11:18).
eateth . . . their eggs--he who partakes in their plans, or has anything to do with them, finds them pestiferous.
that which is crushed--The egg, when it is broken, breaketh out as a viper; their plans, however specious in their undeveloped form like the egg, when developed, are found pernicious. Though the viper is viviparous (from which "vi-per" is derived), yet during gestation, the young are included in eggs, which break at the birth [BOCHART]; however, metaphors often combine things without representing everything to the life.
Isaiah Chapter 59 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. not . . . garments--like the "fig leaves" wherewith Adam and Eve vainly tried to cover their shame, as contrasted with "the coats of skins" which the Lord God made to clothe them with
(Isa 64:6; Ro 13:14; Ga 3:27; Php 3:9).
The artificial self-deceiving sophisms of human philosophy
(1Ti 6:5; 2Ti 2:16, 23).
Isaiah Chapter 59 7 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
7. feet--All their members are active in evil; in
Isa 59:3,
the "hands, fingers, lips, and tongue," are specified.
run . . . haste--
(Ro 3:15).
Contrast David's "running and hasting" in the ways of God
(Ps 119:32, 60).
thoughts--not merely their acts, but their whole thoughts.
Isaiah Chapter 59 8 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
8. peace--whether in relation to God, to their own conscience, or to their fellow men
(Isa 57:20, 21).
judgment--justice.
crooked--the opposite of "straightforward"
(Pr 2:15; 28:18).
Isa 59:1-21.
THE PEOPLE'S SIN THE CAUSE OF JUDGMENTS: THEY AT LAST OWN IT THEMSELVES: THE REDEEMER'S FUTURE INTERPOSITION IN THEIR EXTREMITY.
The reason why Jehovah does not deliver His people, notwithstanding their religious services
(Isa 58:3),
is not want of power on His part, but because of their sins
(Isa 59:1-8);
Isa 59:9-15
contain their confession;
Isa 59:16-21,
the consequent promise of the Messiah.
1. hand . . . shortened--(See on
Isa 50:2).
ear heavy--
(Isa 6:10).