Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 50:11

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 50:11 - 50:11

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 50:11 - 50:11

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50:1 - 50:1
50:2 - 50:2
50:3 - 50:3
50:4 - 50:4
50:5 - 50:5
50:6 - 50:6
50:7 - 50:7
50:8 - 50:8
50:9 - 50:9
50:10 - 50:10
50:11 - 50:11

In contrast to the godly (Isa 50:10), the wicked, in times of darkness, instead of trusting in God, trust in themselves (kindle a light for themselves to walk by) (Ecc 11:9). The image is continued from Isa 50:10, “darkness”; human devices for salvation (Pro 19:21; Pro 16:9, Pro 16:25) are like the spark that goes out in an instant in darkness (compare Job 18:6; Job 21:17, with Psa 18:28).

sparks - not a steady light, but blazing sparks extinguished in a moment.

walk - not a command, but implying that as surely as they would do so, they should lie down in sorrow (Jer 3:25). In exact proportion to mystic Babylon’s previous “glorifying” of herself shall be her sorrow (Mat 25:30; Mat 8:12; Rev 18:7).