Isaiah 59:9

justice. righteousness. Same as "judgment", Isaiah 59:8.

Related Commentaries of 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 wo...
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 i...
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...
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 th...
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 darkne...
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 mi...
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 dark...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The prophet and the people confess their sins. Light ] i.e. deliverance.
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...
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, a...
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 o...
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 i...
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 corre...
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 an...
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 darkne...
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 d...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. B. C. 706....
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...
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...
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 mysel...
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 he...
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...
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 p...
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:...
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 just...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Iniquities Make Blind and Helpless
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 ; Lamentat...
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,...

⁹ 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.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 59:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 59:9