Isaiah 59:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. ”

Isaiah 59:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore is judgment far from us - This is the confession of the people that they were suffering not unjustly on account of their crimes. The word ‘judgment’ here is evidently to be taken in the...
Isaiah 59:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore is (f) judgment far from us, neither doth (g) justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness. (f) That is, God's vengeance to punis...
Isaiah 59:9 - 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 59:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

justice . righteousness. Same as "judgment", Isaiah 59:8 .
Isaiah 59:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Therefore is judgment far from us. After having described how corrupt and depraved was the condition of that people, he likewise shows that the severe chastisements inflicted on them are...
Isaiah 59:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Isaiah 59:9 - 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 59:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. Therefore is judgment far from us - retr...
Isaiah 59:9 - 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 59:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Therefore is judgment. — The pleading of the prophet is followed by the confession which he makes on their behalf. They admit that the delay in the manifestation of God’s judgment against their ene...
Isaiah 59:9 - 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 59:9 - 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 59:9 - 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 59:9 - 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 59:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore is judgment far from us ,.... These are the words of the few godly persons in those times, taking notice of prevailing sins, confessing and lamenting them, and observing that these were th...
Isaiah 59:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness. Ver. 9. Therefore is judgment far from us....
Isaiah 59:9 - 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 59:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Therefore is judgment far from us: this seems to be spoken in the person of those Jews that did partake of these sins, giving the reason by way of complaint of those evils that they groaned under....
Isaiah 59:9 - 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 59:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HELP FOR SEEKERS OF THE LIGHT Isaiah 59:9 . We wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. I. I address myself, through the words of the text, to persons who a...
Isaiah 59:9 - 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 59:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened Isaiah 57:1-21 . and 59. In the former address, to the dead works on which the people founded their claim to redemption, there were set in contrast th...
Isaiah 59:9 - 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 59:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore is judgment far from us, the Jews themselves complaining that the sentence of deliverance is not spoken in their behalf, neither doth justice, deliverance and salvation, overtake us, th...
Isaiah 59:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; Amos 5:18-20 ; Habakkuk 1:13 ; Isaiah 5:30 ; Jeremiah 14:19 ; Jeremiah 8:15 ; Job 30:26 ; Lamentations 5:16 ; Lamentations 5:17 ; Micah 1:12
Isaiah 59:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Justice — Judgment, and so justice is here taken for deliverance. God doth not defend our right, nor revenge our wrong, because of these outrages, and acts of violence, injustice, and oppression.

Isaiah 59:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 59:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 59:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 59:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 59:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 59:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 59:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 59:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 59:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 59:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 59:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 59:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 59:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 59:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 59:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes