Chapter 57:
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| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
Isaiah 57
Concise Complete
The blessed death of the righteous. (1,2) The abominable
idolatries of the Jewish nation. (3-12) Promises to the humble and contrite.
(13-21)
Verses 1-2 The
righteous are delivered from the sting of death, not from the stroke of it. The
careless world disregards this. Few lament it as a public loss, and very few
notice it as a public warning. They are taken away in compassion, that they may
not see the evil, nor share in it, nor be tempted by it. The righteous man, when
he dies, enters into peace and rest.
Verses 3-12 The
Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before him. When reproved for
their sins, and threatened with judgments, they ridiculed the word of God. The
Jews were guilty of idolatry before the captivity; but not after that
affliction. Their zeal in the worship of false gods, may shame our indifference
in the worship of the true God. The service of sin is disgraceful slavery; those
who thus debase themselves to hell, will justly have their portion there. Men
incline to a religion that inflames their unholy passions. They are led to do
any evil, however great or vile, if they think it will atone for crimes, or
purchase indulgence for some favourite lust. This explains idolatry, whether
pagan, Jewish, or antichristian. But those who set up anything instead of God,
for their hope and confidence, never will come to a right end. Those who forsake
the only right way, wander in a thousand by-paths. The pleasures of sin soon
tire, but never satisfy. Those who care not for the word of God and his
providences, show they have no fear of God. Sin profits not; it ruins and
destroys.
Verses 13-21 The
idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but those who trust in God's
grace, shall be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there is neither
beginning of days, nor end of life, nor change of time. His name is holy, and
all must know him as a holy God. He will have tender regard to those who bring
their mind to their condition, and dread his wrath. He will make his abode with
those whose hearts he has thus humbled, in order to revive and comfort them.
When troubles last long, even good men are tempted to entertain hard thoughts of
God. Therefore He will not contend for ever, for he will not forsake the work of
his own hands, nor defeat the purchase of his Son's blood. Covetousness is a sin
that particularly lays men under the Divine displeasure. See the sinfulness of
sin. See also that troubles cannot reform men unless God's grace work in them.
Peace shall be published, perfect peace. It is the fruit of preaching lips, and
praying lips. Christ came and preached peace to Gentiles, as well as to the
Jews; to after-ages, who were afar off in time, as well as to those of that age.
But the wicked would not be healed by God's grace, therefore would not be healed
by his comforts. Their ungoverned lusts and passions made them like the troubled
sea. Also the terrors of conscience disturbed their enjoyments. God hath said
it, and all the world cannot unsay it, That there is no peace to those who allow
themselves in any sin. If we are recovered from such an awful state, it is only
by the grace of God. And the influences of the Holy Spirit, and that new heart,
from whence comes grateful praise, the fruit of our lips, are his gift.
Salvation, with all its fruits, hopes, and comforts, is his work, and to him
belongs all the glory. There is no peace for the wicked man; but let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the
Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, and he will abundantly
pardon.
Chapter 57:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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