Isaiah 57:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. ”

Isaiah 57:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And shall say - Lowth, ‘Then will I say.’ Noyes, ‘Men will say.’ The word אמר 'âmar seems to be used here impersonally, and to mean, ‘One shall say;’ that is it shall be said. The Septuagint...
Isaiah 57:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(r) And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. (r) God will say to Darius and Cyrus.
Isaiah 57:14 - 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. H...
Isaiah 57:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Cast ye up . Make. highway. Figure of speech Epizeuxis.
Isaiah 57:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. And he shall say, Prepare, prepare. Because this promise, that they who hoped in the Lord should possess the land, might be thought ridiculous, (for soon afterwards they were to be drive...
Isaiah 57:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. And shall say "Then will I say" - ואמר vaomer, to be pointed as the first person future...
Isaiah 57:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And shalt say, &c.— And he said, or, And a voice says, &c. These are the words of the prophetic chorus, relating that a voice had gone forth, or a command of God, to prepare the way,...
Isaiah 57:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. And shall say, Cast ye up ... prepare the way. The nominative is, 'He that trus...
Isaiah 57:14 - 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, perpet...
Isaiah 57:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And shall say... — Better, And one said. The prophet hears, as it were, a voice behind him, bringing an oracle from Heaven, which renews the cry of the herald in Isaiah 40:3 . The verb, cast up...
Isaiah 57:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9-12 ; Isaiah 57:1-21 ; Isaiah 58:1-14 ; Isaiah 59:1-21 IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight, th...
Isaiah 57:14 - 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 th...
Isaiah 57:14 - 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 o...
Isaiah 57:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This, it should seem, is a representation of such awful characters as were before described, disappointed in the pursuit of their pleasures, pausing over their dreadful state, and yet, though confess...
Isaiah 57:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And shall say, cast ye up, cast ye up ,.... A causeway, a highway, for the people of the Jews to return to their own land: this is either said by the Lord, as some supply it; or by the prophet, as J...
Isaiah 57:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. Ver. 14. And they shall say. ] Or, And it shall be said. This is further added, fo...
Isaiah 57:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Of whom hast thou been afraid , &c. And what, or who are they, the fear of whom drives thee to these wicked and desperate practices? Are they not weak and mortal creatures, such as wholly depend...
Isaiah 57:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vanity of Idols; Divine Greatness and Condescension. B. C. 706. 13 When thou criest, l...
Isaiah 57:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And shall say, Heb. And he shall say ; or, And one shall say . God will raise up a man who shall say these words, and that with authority and efficacy, so as the thing shall be done. Cast ye up;...
Isaiah 57:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Present Behaviour of the Godless; The People Become Like the Leaders That They Support ( Isaiah 57:3-14 ). There now follows a description of the backsliding of the people into idolatry and th...
Isaiah 57:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

A lament for the death of the righteous many of them put to death by persecution. Isaiah 57:1-2 . The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none cons...
Isaiah 57:14 - 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 pe...
Isaiah 57:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

And shall say, Cast ye up God righteous, yet gracious The second half of Isaiah 57:13 forms a transition to the next section, which is a promise of salvation to the true Israel. In striking...
Isaiah 57:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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, accompan...
Isaiah 57:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And shall say, that is, a voice is heard to say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, in leveling, the path; prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of My people, so they have free access...
Isaiah 57:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:23 ; 1 Corinthians 10:32 ; 1 Corinthians 10:33 ; 1 Corinthians 8:13 ; 1 Corinthians 8:9 ; 2 Corinthians 6:3 ; Hebrews 12:13 ; Isaiah 35:8 ; Isaiah 40:3 ; Isaiah 62:10 ; Luk...
Isaiah 57:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And he — God will raise up a man who shall say with authority and efficacy. Cast up — Make causeways, where it is needful, for their safe and easy passage, and remove all things which may hinder th...

Isaiah 57:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 57:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 57:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 57:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 57:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 57:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 57:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 57:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 57:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 57:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 57:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 57:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 57:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 57:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes