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Isaiah 59:1 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.
hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
not shortened. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 11:23). Compare Isaiah 50:2. The phrase occurs nowhere else in the O.T.
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Isaiah 59:2 open_in_new
iniquities. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44. Same word as in verses: Isaiah 59:3; Isaiah 59:12. Not the same as in verses: Isaiah 59:6; Isaiah 59:7.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
sins. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
have hid His face. Compare Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 54:8; Isaiah 57:17.
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Isaiah 59:3 open_in_new
defiled. Hebrew. ga'al, to redeem, put for ga'al, to pollute, here, and Ezra 2:62.Nehemiah 7:64.Lamentations 4:14.Daniel 1:8; Daniel 1:8; Zephaniah 3:1.Malachi 1:7; Malachi 1:12.
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Isaiah 59:4 open_in_new
calleth for justice. sueth in righteousness.
for truth. in truth.
trust. confide. Hebrew. b. t. h. App-69.
vanity. confusion. Hebrew. tohu, as in Genesis 1:2 ("without form"). See note on Isaiah 24:10.
lies. vanity.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'aven. App-44. Same word as in verses: Isa 59:59, Isaiah 59:6; Isaiah 59:7. Not the same as in verses: Isaiah 59:2; Isaiah 59:3; Isaiah 59:12.
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Isaiah 59:5 open_in_new
cockatrice. adders', or vipers'. See note on Isaiah 11:8.
eggs... web. Note the Alternation in verses: Isaiah 5:6.
weave. See note on Isaiah 19:9.
viper. Occurs in Isaiah only here, and in the "former" portion (Isaiah 30:6). See App-79.
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Isaiah 59:7 open_in_new
Their feet. They. Feet being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for the whole person. Quoted in Romans 3:15; Romans 3:16.
evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
innocent blood. Reference to Pentateuch. Only here in Isaiah; five times in Deuteronomy (Isaiah 19:10; Isaiah 19:13; Isaiah 19:21; Isaiah 19:8; Isaiah 19:9).
paths. highways. See note on Isaiah 7:3.
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Isaiah 59:8 open_in_new
The way, &c. See Romans 3:17.
Judgment. righteousness.
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Isaiah 59:9 open_in_new
justice. righteousness. Same as "judgment", Isaiah 59:8.
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Isaiah 59:10 open_in_new
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; Genesis 31:37; Exodus 10:21.Job 5:14; Job 12:25. The word in Isaiah occurs nowhere else. App-92.
night. Hebrew. nesheph.. Homonym, with two meanings: (1) darkness, as here; Job 24:15.Proverbs 7:9. 2Ki 7:5, 2 Kings 7:7. 2Ki 5:11. 2 Kings 21:4.Jeremiah 13:16. (2) daylight, 1 Samuel 30:17; Job 7:4.Psalms 119:147.
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Isaiah 59:12 open_in_new
transgressions. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44.
sins. Hebrew. chata'. App-44. Note that these three words occur together in Leviticus 16:21.
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Isaiah 59:15 open_in_new
truth faileth. the truth is found missing,
maketh himself. prey: i.e. is liable to be despoiled, or outlawed. Rashi says, "is considered mad", as Authorized Version margin
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Isaiah 59:16 open_in_new
arm. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia (App-6). Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the power put forth by it.
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Isaiah 59:17 open_in_new
He put on. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. Note that all the armour is for defense.
breastplate. a coat of mail.
of vengeance for clothing. of avenging for clothing. Compare Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 63:4. The Oxf. Gesenius explains it as "of Jehovah as champion of Israel" (p. 528 b).
zeal. jealousy.
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Isaiah 59:18 open_in_new
islands. maritime countries. See note on Isaiah 11:11.
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Isaiah 59:19 open_in_new
enemy. Hebrew. tzar, as in Isaiah 59:18.
like. flood. like the flood: the Nile in its overflow.
Spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
lift up. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
standard: or, banner. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 17:15). Hebrew. nasas. App-92.
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Isaiah 59:20 open_in_new
the. Redeemer. a Redeemer: i.e. the Messiah. Quoted in Romans 11:26; Romans 11:27, showing that the fullness of the Gentiles must be the fullness of the Gentile times.
to. for: i.e. on behalf of. See note on Romans 11:26.
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Isaiah 59:21 open_in_new
for ever. This coming deliverance for Israel will be final, and cannot therefore as yet have taken place.