But to Israel he saith,.... Or against Israel, or concerning Israel he saith in the same prophecy in Isaiah 65:2. All day long I have stretched forth my hands, unto a disobedient and gainsaying people: very rightly does the apostle apply these words to Israel, as he does the former to the Gentiles; and just in like manner does the above mentioned...
But to Israel — To God’s ancient people, to whom the gospel had been preached when Paul wrote this Epistle: “to Israel” — Rom_10:21. He saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. It is strange that many, who first hear the Word, and oftenest hear it, turn away from it, while others, to whom it...
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands — In the attitude of invitation and entreaty, and readiness to receive, — Rom_10:21. Unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. And that is what he has done to thee, O then careless child of pious parents, then unregenerate hearer of the Word! All day long has he stood and...