{see Isaiah 7:6} Refuse the waters of Shiloah. ] He speaks of Judeans as rebellious children (1:2) and “people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! (a). Introduction. He does not indeed absolutely give the very words, but he states the meaning clearly enough. And when they shall be converted (98) Here he expressly declares that he did not send the Prophet because he intended to save the people; but, on the contrary, because he intended to destroy them. Quem Deus vult perdere prius dementat,”, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. 98) mentions a son of the Great Mogul who was thus punished by his father. In chapters 1-5, Isaiah uses harsh words to speak of Judah’s wickedness. In both cases, Moses" commission and Isaiah"s, God was not ruling out the possibility of repentance from the start. Hereupon his master taketh it from him, bloweth it out, and sendeth him darkling to bed, in the way whereto he breaketh his arms or his face by some fall: will any man blame the master, since the candle was his, and allowed for use? ben Melec explains to this sense, in which it is hardly used elsewhere, on the authority of Onkelos. It is commonly used in this sense in the Scriptures. In that passage Paul introduces the Spirit as speaking, (Acts 28:25;) but John says that Isaiah spake thus of Christ, when he had beheld his glory. (Psalms 119:105.) 3.) 1. Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes His prophecy is not responsible for results produced by the hardness of the people to whom it is delivered. "These things Isaiah said, because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him" (, ". It is not the duty of the Prophets, therefore, to blind the eyes, but rather to open them. 10. In both cases, too, those who heard God"s Word had the opportunity and the ability to respond to it positively, but they chose to respond negatively. (1-2) What Isaiah saw. “Make the heart of this people fat,” etc. For (1.) (3) By Paul, as coming from the Holy Ghost when, after a whole day"s conference, they "believed not" (Acts 28:25-27). Commentary on Isaiah 6:9-13 (Read Isaiah 6:9-13) God sends Isaiah to foretell the ruin of his people. 6. I think not. “Make the heart of this people fat,” etc. In Acts 3:19, Peter uses "repent" and "convert" together.Both entail a recognition of self and sin and beating a hasty path to righteousness. Amplified® Darby K.J.V. Is God unwilling to heal? Preach them to hell. God told Moses before he went to Pharaoh with the Lord"s message that the Egyptian king would harden his heart ( Exodus 3:19). Commentary on Isaiah 35:1-10 View Bible Text “They will rejoice.” This is the first word of Isaiah’s vision in chapter 35, and it is the focus of the entire passage. God justly held him responsible for his choice because he did have genuine, though limited, freedom. General Introduction To The Book. Their ears heavy - Dull, stupid, insensible. But the word of God brings salvation; at least some benefit must arise from the preaching of it, that it may do good to some, though many are deprived of the advantage by their own unbelief. (Sanctius) --- Septuagint, "heavy or gross is the heart," &c. The authors of the New Testament quote it thus less harshly. Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Fat — Stupid and senseless. It implies the reckless headstrong will which defies restraint and warnings. Those, however, whom God did not ordain to life eternal, He passed by and for their sin ordained to dishonor and wrath." Burder (Oriental Customs, i. Isaiah may or may not have realized that his words had prophetic significance, in addition to being applicable to his own situation. They shall be healed. Ver. daub their eyes, as the word is used also Isaiah 44:18. The ten revolted tribes, not worth the naming. Let us not wonder, therefore, if we appear to be like persons talking to the deaf, when we address those who boast of the name of God. An evil act in itself is the result of self-determination proceeding from a man's own will; but evil, regarded as the mischief in which evil acting quickly issues, is the result of the inherent wrath of God, which is the obverse of His inherent love; and when a man hardens himself in evil, it is the inward working of God's peremptory wrath. There is not a greater mischief can befall a man on this side hell than to be given up to a dead and dedolent disposition, such as was that of those [Ephesians 4:18] of the Jews in Christ’s time, and ever since, and of many Papists, who continue blind in the midst of so much light, and will not renounce those errors whereof they are clearly convinced. Ver. “For when we in our viciousness grow hard, Oh, misery on’t, the wise gods seal our eyes.”. "The elect are not saved because they are creatures of light; they too were creatures of darkness and in them there was no goodness, nothing that would attract the light. Gesenius takes the imperatives as futures. John Trapp Complete Commentary. (2) The truth must, nevertheless, be proclaimed. And this seems best to agree with the following words. The conviction of the prophet. Isaiah 21:6-10. Words in boxes are from the Bible. That what we hear and see, we understand with the heart - that is, that there be yielded thereunto both assent of the mind and consent of the will, this is faith; (3.) They have shut their ears, says he, and closed their eyes. Many hear the sound of God's word, but do not feel the power of it. Written down seven times (Matthew 13:14. [Note: Grogan, p57.]. --- Them. They are estranged and backward.” (1:4). John then added, "These things Isaiah said, because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him" ( John 12:41). NASB E-Prime R.S.V. Pelus 2. ep. “On this mountain,” God labors (God’s self!) But they are doubly wicked when they not only do not apply to their proper use, but wickedly corrupt and profane, those gifts which God had bestowed on them. He declares that the people, bereft of reason and understanding, will perish, and there will be no means of obtaining relief; and yet he at the same time affirms that the labors of the Prophet, though they bring death and ruin on the Jews, will be to him an acceptable sacrifice. Now, the cause of all the evils which we endure is our rebellion against God. CHAPTER 11 . Think the like here. As it is also a general offense, that the lively word of God, at the hearing of which the whole world ought to tremble, strikes their ears to no purpose, and without any advantage, let weak men learn to fortify themselves by this declaration. ", "They shall turn away their ears from the truth, and (as the judicial and righteous retribution) shall be turned unto fables.". It denotes here the state of mind which is more and more indisposed to attend to the truth. The commission which the prophet received, reads as though it were quite irreconcilable with the fact that God, as the Good, can only will what is good. Consequently, God as their Judge hardened their hearts so that they became harder, and eventually it became impossible for them to repent ( Exodus 10:1; cf. Fat - Gross, heavy, dull, stupid. The whole blame of the evil is laid on the people for rejecting the amazing kindness of God; and hence is obtained a more complete solution of that difficulty to which we formerly adverted. And be healed "And I should heal" - פא ואר veer pa, Septuagint, Vulgate. A common Hebrew idiom. of Kennicott's and fourteen of De Rossi's, and two editions, with the Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate. (St. Isidore. Young's Compare all. 370-386). Those, however, whom God did not ordain to life eternal, He passed by and for their sin ordained to dishonor and wrath. THE CONTEXT. I.A.1. It is not only the loving will of God which is good, but also the wrathful will into which His loving will changes, when determinately and obstinately resisted. With their heart "With their hearts" - ובלבבו ubilebabo, fifteen MSS. He says it means closing up the eyes, so that one cannot see; that the root is שוע shava, by which word the Targum has rendered the word טח tach, Leviticus 14:42, בית את וטח vetach eth beith, "and shall plaster the house." It is commonly used in this sense in the Scriptures. Go back … Continue reading "Commentary on Isaiah 11:1-10" I answer, the subject treated of is the whole body, which had already been condemned and devoted to destruction; for there were always some whom the Lord exempted from the general ruin; to them the word brought salvation, and on them it actually produced its proper effect; but the great body of the people were cut off and perished through obstinate unbelief and rebellion. It denotes here the state of mind which is more and more indisposed to attend to the truth. Lest they should see with their eyes, &c.] Or, That they may not see with their eyes, or hear, &c., but be as so many sots and stocks or statues, that have eyes and see not, &c., to their utter ruin and destruction. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. And shut "Close up" - השע hasha . Our loving commitment to remain faithful to the Lord who has graciously saved us and called us into His service, despite our lack of outward success, should be. It is requisite that we have ears to hear, and eyes to see - not ears stopped, and eyes daubed up as these had; (2.) Forasmuch as this people.] [Acts 7:51] Antagoras, reciting his "Thebais," a book that he had made, among the Boeotians, and they little regarding him, he folded up his book, and said, Ye may well be called Boeotians, quia boum habetis aures, for ye have oxes’ ears - playing upon the notation of their name. A.). And be healed - Be restored from the malady of sin; be recovered and pardoned. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Make the heart of this people fat "Gross" -, ὡστε το της παροιμιας ὁρωντας μη ὁρᾳν, και ακουοντας μη ακουειν. His business was to teach them, not error, but truth; to set them an example not of rebellion, but obedience to the Divine win; to diminish and do away with their moral insensibility and wickedness, not increase them. An EasyEnglish Bible Version and Commentary (2800 word vocabulary) on Isaiah chapters 1 to 6. www.easyenglish.bible. Let us try to read with fresh eyes to see as Isaiah sees (see last week’s commentary for more on how Isaiah sees). So the poets of Greece, in their thoughts as to the Divine government of the world, recognised the truth that there is a judicial blindness and, as it were, insanity of will that comes as the consequence of sinful deeds ( Æsch. (Matthew 3:2.) Isaiah 6, Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is from the most widely read and often quoted preacher in … The King: Who He is and what He will do (Isaiah 11:1-5) 2.The peace and blessing He brings (Isaiah 11:6-10) 3.The gathering of scattered Israel (Isaiah 11:11-16) It is a great vision of the future which this chapter unfolds.The critics deny that the blessed Person mentioned in the opening verses is our Lord Jesus. This is an accidental effect of the word preached, and proceedeth from men’s corruptions. And the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb This, and the three following verses ( Isaiah 11:7-9) , describe the peaceableness of the Messiah's kingdom; and which the Targum introduces in this manner, ``in the days of the Messiah of Israel, peace shall be multiplied in the earth.'' Isaiah 6:10 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Isaiah 6:10, NIV: "Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes.Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.'" Lord--here Adonai, Jehovah in Isaiah 6:5; Jesus Christ is meant as speaking in Isaiah 6:10, according to John 12:41. Then, offering reconciliation he holds out remedies for all diseases, not only of the body but of the soul. this chapter immediately follows and precedes examples of wrong reaction to God"s word [ Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 7:10-12]." Convert; turn from their sinful practices unto God. His prophecy is not responsible for results produced by the hardness of the people to whom it is delivered. The traditional Jewish and Christian view is that the Book of Isaiah was written by the prophet of that name who lived during the 8 th and possibly 7 th century BC. this chapter immediately follows and precedes examples of wrong reaction to God"s word [, "The elect are not saved because they are creatures of light; they too were creatures of darkness and in them there was no goodness, nothing that would attract the light. But whatever may be the result, still God assures us that our ministrations are acceptable to him, because we obey his command; and although our labor appear to be fruitless, and men rush forward to their destruction, and become more rebellious, we must go forward; for we do nothing at our own suggestion, and ought to be satisfied with having the approbation of God. Fat, i.e. That our faith may not fail, we ought to employ this support, that the office of teaching was enjoined on Isaiah, on the condition that, in scattering the seed of life, it should yield nothing but death; and that this is not merely a narrative of what once happened, but a prediction of the future kingdom of Christ, as we shall find to be stated shortly afterwards. And be healed,] i.e., Pardoned and purged. Isaiah 6:10 Context. Make the heart of this people fat (Psalms 119:70) - 'render them the more hardened by thy warning, that they may he hurried along to destruction, to which they willfully hasten' (Maurer). Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only. Gross and heavy, stupid and unteachable, hard and obdurate; which is sometimes done by the preaching of the Gospel, through the wickedness of man's heart, that being the savour of death unto death to some, just as the sun hardens the clay; or declare that their hearts are thus gross and stupid; or that I will give them up to a judicial hardness of heart: and make their ears heavy: that they cannot hear the word, so as to understand it; they having stopped the ear, and plucked away the shoulder, it is in righteous judgment that they are given up to such an insensibility as not to be capable of hearing and understanding what is delivered in the ministry of the word: and shut their eyes; they having wilfully shut their own eyes against all evidence of the Messiah, and the truth of his doctrines, they are given up to a judicial blindness; which still continues upon them, and will until the fulness of the Gentiles is brought in: lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understated with their heart; though only in a notional way, the things relating to the Messiah, the truths of the Gospel, and the ordinances thereof, and what may belong to their outward peace: and convert; or turn themselves by external repentance and reformation: and be healed: or forgiven in such sense as to be preserved from national ruin; which God willed not; for seeing they went such great lengths in sin, in rejecting the Messiah, and his Gospel, they were given up to a reprobate mind, to do things that were not convenient, that they might be destroyed; which destruction is after prophesied of. Isaiah 6:10 STU XRF TSK ... Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (10) Make the heart of this people fat.--The thought is the same as that of the "hardening" of Pharaoh's heart (Exodus 8:19; Exodus 9:34, &c) and that of Sihon (Deuteronomy 2:30). Acts 28:26, Acts 28:27. 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Such blinding and hardening influence does not arise out of the nature of the word, but is accidental, and must be ascribed exclusively to the depravity of man. In the first member of the sentence the order is, the heart, ears, eyes, in the latter the reverse order, the eyes, ears, heart. This is a truly remarkable declaration; not only because Isaiah here foretold what was afterwards fulfilled under the reign of Christ, but also because it contains a most useful doctrine, which will be of perpetual use in the Church of God; for all who shall labor faithfully in the ministry of the word will be laid under the necessity of meeting with the same result. Isaiah 6 – Isaiah’s Conviction, Cleansing and Call A. (Calmet) --- He intimates that all the graces offered would be rendered useless by the hardened Jews. . John 12:40. Hence arises a most excellent and altogether invaluable consolation to godly teachers, for supporting their minds against those grievous offenses which daily spring from the obstinacy of men, that, instead of being retarded by it, they may persevere in their duty with unshaken firmness. And such being the eminent advantage derived from the word of God, if we are not reconciled to God as soon as his word sounds in our ears, we have no right to lay the blame on any other, for it rests wholly with ourselves. We ought also to attend to this circumstance, that Isaiah was not sent to men indiscriminately, but to the Jews. It is undoubtedly true, that when we are drawn inwardly, (John 6:44,) it is an extraordinary gift of God, and that the arm of God is not revealed to all, (Isaiah 53:1;) but by this dreadful punishment of obstinate malice, Isaiah intended to teach, that we ought earnestly to beware of despising when God calls. The success of our ministry should not be our prime motivation to continue in the work of the gospel. Burder (Oriental Customs, i. (96) Here the former statement is more fully expressed; for God informs Isaiah beforehand, not only that his labor in teaching will be fruitless, but that by his instruction he will also blind the people, so as to be the occasion of producing greater insensibility and stubbornness, and to end in their destruction. Fat - Gross, heavy, dull, stupid. 29:9; 32:3). This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.. There is a self-hardening in evil, which renders a man thoroughly incorrigible, and which, regarded as the fruit of his moral behaviour, is no less a judicial punishment inflicted by God, than self-induced guilt on the part of man. To this wrath Israel had delivered itself up through its continued obstinacy in sinning. Of such a fat heart beware. Isa. His freedom was not complete; human freedom never is. Biblical Commentary Isaiah 25:1-10a EXEGESIS: ISAIAH 24-27. Isaiah 6:10. The Apostle John quoted this verse (and Isaiah 53:1) in reference to the Jews" inability in Jesus" day to believe on Him ( John 12:40). Make the heart - The word “heart” here is used in the sense of the “mind” - to denote all their mental powers. We may learn here. Lest depends upon heavy. At first sight it seems unreasonable that the Prophets should be represented as making men’s hearts more hardened. 'One must love divine things in order to understand them' (Pascal). Make the heart of this people fat,] sc., By preaching to them the Word of God, which, because they regard not, it shall become unto them a savour of death, as sweet ointments kill beetles, as a shrill voice hurteth weak ears, as lime is kindled by cold water cast upon it. We wonder how it is possible that the greater part of men can furiously oppose God; and hence also arises a doubt if it be the heavenly truth of God which is rejected without bringing punishment; for it can hardly be believed that God addresses men for the purpose of exciting their scorn. This effect is not the fault of the truth; and it is often well that the heart should be known, and the true effect should be seen. But their calumnies will not hinder his justice from being displayed, or hinder him from vindicating itself, and at the same time vindicating us. We ought, indeed, to be deeply grieved when success does not attend our exertions; and we ought to pray to God to give efficacy to his word. (G. Cron, M. Sin is often represented as a painful, loathsome malady, and forgiveness as restoration from such a malady; Isaiah 30:26; Psalm 103; Psalm 41:3-4; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Jeremiah 3:22; Jeremiah 17:14. and make their ears heavy: that they cannot hear the word, so as to understand it; they having stopped the ear, and plucked away the shoulder, it is in righteous judgment that they are given up to such an insensibility as not to be capable of hearing and understanding what is delivered in the ministry of the word: and shut their eyes; they having wilfully shut their own eyes against all evidence of the Messiah, and the truth of his doctrines, they are given up to a judicial blindness; which still continues upon them, and will until the fulness of the Gentiles is brought in: lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understated with their heart; though only in a notional way, the things relating to the Messiah, the truths of the Gospel, and the ordinances thereof, and what may belong to their outward peace: and convert; or turn themselves by external repentance and reformation: and be healed: or forgiven in such sense as to be preserved from national ruin; which God willed not; for seeing they went such great lengths in sin, in rejecting the Messiah, and his Gospel, they were given up to a reprobate mind, to do things that were not convenient, that they might be destroyed; which destruction is after prophesied of. 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