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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 59:9 - 59:9
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judgment far - retribution in kind because they had shown “no judgment in their goings” (Isa 59:8). “The vindication of our just rights by God is withheld by Him from us.”
us - In Isa 59:8 and previous verses, it was “they,” the third person; here, “us ... we,” the first person. The nation here speaks: God thus making them out of their own mouth condemn themselves; just as He by His prophet had condemned them before. Isaiah includes himself with his people and speaks in their name.
justice - God’s justice bringing salvation (Isa 46:13).
light - the dawn of returning prosperity.
obscurity - adversity (Jer 8:15).