Isaiah 59

This Chapter relates their various enormous iniquities; and them to be the causes of their sad calamities, verse 1,—15. And a promise to the faithful ones, of deliverance from them; and of spiritual mercies and blessings in and from the Messias, ver. 16,—21.

Isaiah 59:1

is not shortened] Either to hear, and help you out of those calamities; or to make good those large and liberal blessings promised upon your repentance.

Isaiah 59:5

spiders web] To entangle and destroy others. #he that eateth] There is no safe dealing any way with them.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet] Rom. III. 15, 16, 17.

Isaiah 59:8

not know peace] Experimentaly, to have and enjoy it. See Phil. III. 10. Apoc. II. 17.

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore is judgement farre from us] God stands off farre from you, neither executing judgement and vengeance on your enemies, nor protecting you against their wrongs.

Isaiah 59:12

our transgressions are with us] Stick close to us; we cannot shun, or shift them off.

Isaiah 59:14

is fallen] For want of support.

cannot enter] But is shut out by violence.

Isaiah 59:15

a prey] He cannot be safe, that will not be wicked.

Isaiah 59:16

wondered] Spoken in an humane straine, Rom. III. 9,—19. the Apostle concludes hereupon the universal depravation of man-kind, in his natural condition.

no intercessor] No interpoer.

his arme] He did the work alone himself.

brought salvation] Temporal, vers. 17, 18, 19. Spiritual, verse 20, 21.

Isaiah 59:17

repay] Vengeance to the enemies of his people.

Isaiah 59:20

And the Redeemer] Rom. XI. 26. the Apostle applies this verse to Christ; and the conversion of the Jewes, when the fulnesse of the Gentiles be come in. Where the Apostle retaines the Ancient Greek version, as Hierom witnesseth it to have beene in his time, having nothing in it disagreeing from truth, or crossing that in ought for which he alleadgeth it. This then cannot have relation to the Angel slaying Sennacheribs army; or to Cyrus, further then as Types of Christ, and his spiritual deliverance. And Esay useth to slip from temporal deliverances, in a close way, unto spiritual; and to close up the Prophecies of the one, with the Promises of the other.

Isaiah 59:21

my Covenant] Of sending the Redeemer to them; and of continuing his Word and Spirit to Zion, his Church.