Comentários de Citação sobre Isaías 59:5

and hatched This is the emerging of the chicks from the egg. Comp. (below 59:5) The eggs of the viper have hatched.

FOR THEIR VINE IS OF THE VINE OF SODOM. He is stating that the idolaters are void of counsel¹²¹Verse 28. and they have not understood, neither apprehended, nor thought of anything but evil continually,¹²²Genesis 6:5. for they were of evil root and they grow only evil and bitter fruit; he that eateth of them dieth.¹²³Isaiah 59:5. And the explanation thereof is that Israel admits, confesses, and repents in time of trouble, saying, and why has all this befallen us?¹²⁴Judges 6:13. But the idolater is void of counsel, he hath no counsel and no understanding,¹²⁵Job 12:13. but only walks after his idol and forever denies the Glorious Name,¹²⁶Above, 28:58. for this is what he inherited from his fathers. Thus he is of a root that beareth gall and wormwood,¹²⁷Ibid., 29:17. and no usefulness will ever be found in them. But Israel whose root is good if it be cut down, then it will sprout again¹²⁸Job 14:7. and grow good fruit.