Adam Clarke Commentary - Isaiah 59:4

Adam Clarke Commentary - Isaiah 59:4 - 59:4

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Isaiah 59:4 - 59:4

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

59:2 - 59:2
59:3 - 59:3
59:4 - 59:4
59:8 - 59:8
59:10 - 59:10
59:11 - 59:11
59:14 - 59:14
59:15 - 59:15
59:16 - 59:16
59:17 - 59:17
59:18 - 59:18
59:19 - 59:19
59:20 - 59:20
59:21 - 59:21

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity - There is a curious propriety in this mode of expression; a thought or purpose is compared to conception; a word or act, which is the consequence of it, to the birth of a child. From the third to the fifteenth verse inclusive may be considered a true statement of the then moral state of the Jewish people; and that they were, in the most proper sense of the word, guilty of the iniquities with which they are charged.