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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied,.... By assuming the name of Christian, when it did not belong to her; as it does not to the church of Rome which is antichristian: this lie is told, not out of any fear of God, or reverence of Christ; for she has no fear or reverence of either; but to serve a purpose, to blind the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? This is the old trouble — that because God does not smite down sinners there and then they take liberties with him. They do not know that his patience — his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me,— “Me, thy Maker, thy Friend, to whom thou must own thy very soul, unless that soul shall go down into the pit, ‘Thou hast not remembered me,’” — Isa_57:11. Nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? When God...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works,.... For, notwithstanding all the idolatry, superstition, irreligion, and cruelty of the church of Rome, she makes large pretences to righteousness, by which she expects to be justified, and to merit eternal life, and even pretends to works of supererogation; but God will in due time make it clearly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. They said, “Why, we are very righteous. Have not we got a god in every corner? As for our works, we have plenty of them. Have not we temples built everywhere, and altars set up on every hill and in every valley?” “Yes,” says God, “such is your righteousness. They...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. If God once takes the self-righteous man’s righteousness, and explains what it really is, he will soon reveal to its owner that it is a mere delusion and sham, that will not profit him at all.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee,.... From distress and impending ruin, if they can; meaning not the allies and auxiliaries of the Jews, the Egyptians and Assyrians, they sent to for help, as Kimchi, and others; rather, as Jarchi, their idols and graven images they worshipped, angels and saints departed, the Papists pray unto; let...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; Oh! what a sarcasm! but how just. You that love not God, when you are in trouble, let your sins deliver you if they can. Let your pleasures...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; “When sickness, and depression of spirit, and death itself, shall come to you, and you begin to dread what is to follow, and cry to those who comforted you in your time of health, what will they be able to do for you?” Isa_57:13. But the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And shall say, cast ye up, cast ye up,.... A causeway, a highway, for the people of the Jews to return to their own land: this is either said by the Lord, as some supply it; or by the prophet, as Jarchi; or by him that putteth his trust in the Lord, as Kimchi; or rather by one, that is, the first of the living creatures, a set of Gospel ministers,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thus saith the high and lofty One,.... Who is high above the earth, and the nations of it; higher than the kings in it; the King of kings, and Lord of lords; and so able to save his people, and destroy his and their enemies; who is higher than the heavens, and the angels there; who is exalted above the praises of his people; the knowledge of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For I will not contend for ever,.... By afflictive providences; with the humble and contrite, the end being in a great measure answered by their humiliation and contrition; when God afflicts his people, it shows that he has a controversy with them, for their good, and his own glory; and when these ends are obtained, he will carry it on no longer:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: God does not like being angry, and though sin provokes him, yet he feels not at ease when he is wrathful. Isa_57:16. For the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. It would destroy them. Man could not bear God’s anger ever more.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. See the tender meaning of God’s message in this verse. He has been encouraging the guilty one, and making him feel the enormity of his ounces; and then he says, “I will not do that any more, lest I should crush...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him, .... Not the greedy watchmen of the church of Rome, Isaiah 56:10, but teachers and preachers in the reformed churches, who mind their own things, and not the things of Christ; seek after good benefices and livings, temporalities and pluralities, and to be lord bishops; taking the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. I create the fruit of the lips; God teaches men how to speak words of penitence, and faith, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. Here God shows that his chastening does not always produce a good result; for, sometimes, when men are tried on account of sin, they grow worse and worse: “I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I have seen his ways, and will heal him,.... Either the ways of such who trust in the Lord, the ways of the humble and contrite, who are brought by repentance and reformation, by the dealings of God with them; these he sees, knows, and approves of, and heals their former backslidings; for though not all, yet some may be reformed hereby; or rather...