Geneva Bible Notes: Isaiah 59

Isaiah 59:1 ^! The wicked perish through their owne iniquities.

Isaiah 59:3 ^a Read {Chap 1, 15}.

Isaiah 59:4 ^c According to their wicked deuises, they hurt their neighboures.

Isaiah 59:4 ^b All men ??? at the injuries & opressions, & none go about to remedie them.

Isaiah 59:5 ^d Whatsoeuer cometh from them, is poyson and bringeth death.

Isaiah 59:5 ^e Thei are profitable to no purpose.

Isaiah 59:9 ^f That is, Gods vengeance to punish our enemies.

Isaiah 59:9 ^g Gods pretection to defend vs.

Isaiah 59:10 ^h We are altogether destitute of counsel and can find no end of our miseries.

Isaiah 59:11 ⁱ We exress our sorowes by outwarde signes, some more some lesse.

Isaiah 59:12 ^! The confession of sinnes.

Isaiah 59:12 ^k This confession is general to the Church to obetine remission of sinnes, & the Prophetes did not exempt them selues from the same.

Isaiah 59:13 ^l To wit, against our neighbours.

Isaiah 59:14 ^m There is nether justice nor vprightnes among men.

Isaiah 59:15 ⁿ The wicked wil destroy him.

Isaiah 59:16 ^! God alone wil preserue his Church, thogh all men faile.

Isaiah 59:16 ^o Meaning, to do justice & to remedie the things that were so fare out of order.

Isaiah 59:16 ^p That is his Church: or his arme did helpe it self, and did not seke aide of any other.

Isaiah 59:17 ^q Signifying that God hathe all meanes at hand to deliuer his Church, and to punish their enemies.

Isaiah 59:18 ^r To wit, your enemies, which dwel in diuers places, and beyonde the sea.

Isaiah 59:19 ^s He sheweth that there shalbe great affliction in the Church, but God wil euer deliuer his.

Isaiah 59:20 ^t Whereby he declareth that the true deliuerance from sinne & Satan belongeth to none, but to the children of God, whome he justifieth.

Isaiah 59:21 ^u Because the doctrine is made profitable by the vertue of the Spirit, he joyneth the one with the other, and promiseth to giue them bothe to his Church for euer.