Isaiah 1:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. ”

Isaiah 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye spread forth your hands - This is an expression denoting the act of supplication. When we ask for help, we naturally stretch out our hands, as if to receive it. The expression therefore is equ...
Isaiah 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full (x) of blood. (x) He shows that where men are given to evil, d...
Isaiah 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This connects admirably with Isaiah 1:9 . By a fine transition Isaiah intimates that it is no merit in the rulers which has averted Sodom's fate. Let these lawless and shameless administrators liste...
Isaiah 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And when . Even when. spread forth your hands. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for "pray", in which hands are spread forth. make many prayers . multiply your prayers. blood....
Isaiah 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. When ye spread forth your hands The ancient custom of spreading forth the hands in prayer did not arise from superstition; nor did that practice, like many others, obtain currency thr...
Isaiah 1:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 858 THE SERVICE WHICH ALONE IS PLEASING TO GOD Isaiah 1:10-17 . Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha: To what purpose...
Isaiah 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. When ye spread - The Syriac, Septuagint, and a MS.,...
Isaiah 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. ( Psalms 66:18 ; Proverbs 28:9 ; Lamentati...
Isaiah 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jehovah's Arraignment of His People This chapter is general in character, and much of it (e.g. Isaiah 1:10-17 ) might refer to almost any period. This general character of the prophecy renders it...
Isaiah 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When ye spread forth your hands. — The words point to the attitude of one who prays, as was the manner of Jews, Greeks, and Romans (“tenditque ad sidera palmas,” Virg., Æn., xii. 196), standing,...
Isaiah 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE ARGUMENT OF THE LORD AND ITS CONCLUSION Isaiah 1:1-31 -His General Preface THE first chapter of the Book of Isaiah owes its position not to its date, but to its character. It was...
Isaiah 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Religion without Righteousness Vain Isaiah 1:10-20 The prophet points out, first the misery that had overtaken the country, Isaiah 1:4-9 ; and then the sins of the ruling classes, Isaiah 1:10...
Isaiah 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah was a prophet to Judah. He exercised his ministry wholly within her borders, and with a view to her correction and comfort. His burdens of the nations were uttered concerning those nations whi...
Isaiah 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I make no break in this address of the prophet. The whole forms but one sermon, and a most striking one it is. I beg the reader to remark with me the very pointed terms made use of by the man of God....
Isaiah 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when ye spread forth your hands ,.... That is, in prayer, this being a prayer gesture: hence the Targum paraphrases it, "and when the priests spread out their hands to pray for you.'' I will...
Isaiah 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Ver. 15. And when ye spread forth your hands. ]...
Isaiah 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When ye spread forth your hands When ye pray with your hands spread abroad, as the manner was; I will hide mine eyes from you I will take no notice of your persons or requests. Your hands are fu...
Isaiah 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vanity of Mere Ritual Obedience. B. C. 738. 10 Hear the word of the L ORD , ye rul...
Isaiah 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When ye spread forth your hands; when you pray with hands spread abroad, as the manner was; of which see Exodus 9:29,33 Job 11:13 , &c. I will hide mine eyes from you; which is a gesture o...
Isaiah 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Outlines The Message He Is Bringing ( Isaiah 1:1-31 ). This introductory message is also presented in balanced chiastic form. a He calls on Creation to be aware of God's judgment on His pe...
Isaiah 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

WORTHLESS HUSKS Isaiah 1:15 . And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear . The Jews had been likened unto the inhabitants...
Isaiah 1:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is a chapter which, I think, teaches an important lesson to those of us who desire the salvation of men, for it shows us how God sets about that work. He begins by exhibiting the sinner's sin to...
Isaiah 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 1:1 . The vision. What the prophet saw with the eyes of his mind, concerning the state of Judah and Jerusalem, his ministry being chiefly confined to the kingdom of Judea. Isaiah, the son...
Isaiah 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken God finds vindication in nature I well remember two funerals going out of my house within a few brief months during my residence...
Isaiah 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART I.— EARLIER PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH ( CH . 1-35.) SECTION I.— THE GREAT ARRAIGNMENT ( Isaiah 1:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 1:1 TITLE OF THE WORK . It is questioned...
Isaiah 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rebuke of Hypocritical Worship
Isaiah 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:22 ; 1 Kings 8:54 ; 1 Timothy 2:8 ; Ezekiel 8:17 ; Ezekiel 8:18 ; Ezra 9:5 ; Isaiah 58:7 ; Isaiah 59:2 ; Isaiah 59:3 ; Jeremiah 14:12 ; Jeremiah 7:8-10 ; Job 27:20 ; Job 27:8 ;...
Isaiah 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Blood — You are guilty of murder, and oppression.

Isaiah 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 1:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes