Isaiah 59:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. ”

Isaiah 59:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We grope for the wall like the blind - A blind man, not being able to see his way, feels along by a wall, a fence, or any other object that will guide him. They were like the blind. They had no d...
Isaiah 59:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

We grope for the wall like the (h) blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men]. (h) We are altogether destitute of co...
Isaiah 59:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 59:9-15 a . The People Confess that their Piteous Plight is the Fruit of their Wrongdoing. The poet now joins himself to his people and, speaking in their name, owns the truth of the in...
Isaiah 59:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

We grope, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 28:29 ). Idea the same, but word different. The word in Deuteronomy is the same as in Genesis 27:12 ; Genesis 27:22 ; Genesis 31:34 ; Gen...
Isaiah 59:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. We grope for the wall like the blind. He explains the same thing by different forms of expression; for, in consequence of the grievous complaints which were heard among the people, he de...
Isaiah 59:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men . We stumble at noon day as in the night "We...
Isaiah 59:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore is judgment far from us— After an enumeration of the grievous sins and offences which deformed the church, the company of the faithful ministers of Jesus Christ, and the remaining true be...
Isaiah 59:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. We grope for the wall like the blind - f...
Isaiah 59:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled.
Isaiah 59:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We grope for the wall... — The words present a striking parallelism with Deuteronomy 28:29 , and may have been reproduced from, or in, it. We are in desolate places... — Many critics render, (1...
Isaiah 59:10 - 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 59:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Iniquities Separate from God Isaiah 59:1-15 Israel's sins , Isaiah 59:1-8 . Much of our suffering in life results from our sins, which cut off God's health and help. Let us not blame Provide...
Isaiah 59:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing, the prophet makes confession of moral failure. This he does first by declaring the reason for national suffering. It is not to be found in Jehovah's inability, nor in His unwillingness. T...
Isaiah 59:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a long and sad account of men's revolt and transgression, which fully explains what was said before, as well as accounts for the divine corrections which followed. Men may well wait for the l...
Isaiah 59:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

We grope for the wall like the blind ,.... Who either with their hands, or with a staff in them, feel for the wall to lean against, or to guide them in the way, or into the house, that they may know...
Isaiah 59:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if [we had] no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate places as dead [men]. Ver. 10. We grope for the wall like the...
Isaiah 59:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore is judgment far from us Because we have no regard for justice or honesty, God will not plead our cause against our oppressors; neither doth justice overtake us He does not defend our ri...
Isaiah 59:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. B. C. 706. 9 Therefore is judgment far from us, nei...
Isaiah 59:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

We grope: as a blind man that hath no other eyes than his hands feels for the wall, from whence he expects either direction or a resting place to lean on; so they expect salvation as it were blindf...
Isaiah 59:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judah/Jacob In Its Sin ( Isaiah 59:1-15 a). Isaiah 59:1 ‘Behold Yahweh's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, Nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear, But your iniquities have separated...
Isaiah 59:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 59:1 . Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save. The failure of your fast is not with the Lord; he sees, and he can hear. Neither is the fault in the promises announced...
Isaiah 59:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Therefore is judgment far from us Dejection and trouble the outcome of sin The sorrow and dejection of the people is depicted in striking and pathetic images. It is the better mind of the comm...
Isaiah 59:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 59:1-23 A GENERAL REBUKE OF ISRAEL FOR ITS MANIFOLD SINS , The command given to the prophet in Isaiah 58:1 to "show God's people their transgression, and...
Isaiah 59:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Iniquities Make Blind and Helpless
Isaiah 59:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:11 ; Amos 8:9 ; Deuteronomy 28:29 ; Jeremiah 13:16 ; Job 5:14 ; John 11:10 ; John 11:9 ; John 12:35 ; John 12:40 ; Lamentations 3:6 ; Lamentations 4:14 ; Proverbs 4:19
Isaiah 59:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As dead men — He compares their captivity to men dead without hope of recovery.

Isaiah 59:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 59:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 59:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 59:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 59:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 59:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 59:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 59:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 59:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 59:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 59:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 59:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 59:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 59:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes