Chapter 57:
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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
The blessed death of the righteous, not duly lamented by the
Jews, who also commit idolatry, and trust in man: they are
threatened, ver. 1-12. Evangelical promises to the penitent, ver.
13-19. No peace to the wicked, ver. 20, 21.
Verse 1. The righteous - Just and holy men. No man - Few or none.
Layeth it to heart - Is duly affected with this sad sign of God's
displeasure.
Verse 2. He - This just and merciful man shall enter into a state of rest,
where he shall be out of the reach of the approaching miseries.
They - just men. Here is a sudden change of the number, which is
very frequent in the prophets. Beds - In their graves, which are not
unfitly called their beds, as their death is commonly called sleep
in scripture.
Verse 3. Hither - To God's tribunal, to receive your sentence. Sons - Not
by propagation, but by imitation. And the whore - Not the genuine
children of Abraham, their dispositions were far more suitable to a
bastardly brood, than to Abraham's seed.
Verse 4. Against whom - Consider whom it is that you mock and scoff,
when you deride God's prophets. A seed - A generation of liars,
whose practices contradict your professions, who deal deceitfully
both with God and men.
Verse 5. Enflaming - Lusting after them, and mad upon them. Slaying -
In way of sacrifice to their idols. Valleys - He seems to allude to
the valley of Hinnom in which these cruelties were practiced.
Clifts - Which they chuse either for shade, or for those dark
vaults, in rocks, which were convenient for idolatrous uses.
Verse 6. Portion - Thou hast chosen for thy portion those idols, which
were worshipped by the sides of brooks or rivers where such
smooth stones commonly lie. They - Thou hast forsaken me and
chosen idols. Offered - For the devil is God's ape, and idolaters
used the same rites and offerings in the worship of idols which
God had prescribed in his own. Comfort - Should I be pleased
with such a people and such actions?
Verse 7. Mountain - In high places, which were much used for religious
worship, both by Israelites and by Heathens. Thy bed - Thine
altar, in which thou didst commit spiritual whoredom with idols.
Verse 8. The posts - Behind the posts of the doors of thine house: where
the Heathens placed their tutelar gods to whose protection they
committed their houses, that so they might have their eyes and
minds upon them, whensoever they went out or came in. Set up -
Those monuments which thou didst set up there as remembrances
of those idol-gods whom they represented. Discovered - Thou
hast uncovered thy nakedness; to others beside me thine husband.
Gone up - Into the adulterous bed. Enlarged - That it might
receive many adulterers together. Thou hast multiplied thine idols
and altars. A covenant - Thou hast covenanted to serve them.
Verse 9. The King - The king of Assyria, called the king by way of
eminency, to whom the Israelites in the days of Isaiah were very
prone to trust, and send presents. And so the prophet passes from
their idolatry to another sin, even their confidence in Heathen
princes. Increase - Didst send great quantities. Far off - Into
Assyria, which was far from Judea. Debase - Thou wast willing to
submit to the basest terms to procure their aid.
Verse 10. Wearied - Thou hast not eased, but tired thyself with thy
tedious journey. Yet - And yet thou didst not perceive that thy
labour was lost. Hast found - Thou hast sometimes found success
in these ways. Not grieved - Therefore thou didst not repent of thy
sin herein.
Verse 11. Feared - And who are they, the fear of whom drives thee to
these wicked courses? Lied - That thou hast dealt thus
perfidiously with me. Not remembered - Hast thou forgotten all
those great things which I have done for thee. Held my peace -
Have not I forbore to punish thee from time to time, that by this
goodness I might oblige thee to love me. And thou - Or, therefore
thou dost not fear or regard me. Thou abusest my long-suffering.
Verse 13. But - But they shall be carried away suddenly and violently by
the blast of mine anger. Vanity - A vapor which quickly vanishes
away. Inherit - Shall enjoy my favour and presence in my temple.
Verse 14. And he - God will raise up a man who shall say with authority
and efficacy. Cast up - Make causeways, where it is needful, for
their safe and easy passage, and remove all things which may
hinder them in their return.
Verse 16. For - I will not proceed to the utmost severity with sinful men.
Verse 17. Covetousness - Of which sin the Jews were eminently guilty.
But this comprehends all those sins for which God contended with
them. He went - Yet he was not reformed, but trespassed more
and more.
Verse 18. Mourners - To those who are humbled under God's hand, that
mourn in Zion for their own and others sins.
Verse 19. I create - I will by my almighty power produce. Peace - That
peace which is not wrought by mens hands, but only by God's lips
or word. The doubling of the word signifies the certainty and
abundance this peace. Far off - To the Gentiles who are far from
God, as well as to the Jews, who are called a people near unto
God, Psalm 1xlviii, 14.
Verse 20. Cast up - Their minds are restless, being perpetually hurried
with their own lusts and passions, and with guilt, and the dread of
the divine vengeance.
Verse 21. No peace - Though they may have a great share of prosperity,
yet they have no share in this inward, and spiritual, and
everlasting peace.
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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