
Text -- Isaiah 59:20 (NET)




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Wesley -> Isa 59:20
Wesley: Isa 59:20 - -- Christ, of whom the apostle expounds it, Rom 11:26, the prophets usually concluding their promises of temporal deliverances with the promises of spiri...
Christ, of whom the apostle expounds it, Rom 11:26, the prophets usually concluding their promises of temporal deliverances with the promises of spiritual, especially such, of which the temporal were evident types.
JFB: Isa 59:20 - -- Rom 11:26 quotes it, "out of Zion." Thus Paul, by inspiration, supplements the sense from Psa 14:7 : He was, and is come to Zion, first with redempti...
Rom 11:26 quotes it, "out of Zion." Thus Paul, by inspiration, supplements the sense from Psa 14:7 : He was, and is come to Zion, first with redemption, being sprung as man out of Zion. The Septuagint translates "for the sake of Zion." Paul applies this verse to the coming restoration of Israel spiritually.

JFB: Isa 59:20 - -- (Rom 11:26). "shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob"; so the Septuagint, Paul herein gives the full sense under inspiration. They turn from transgre...
Clarke -> Isa 59:20
Clarke: Isa 59:20 - -- Unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob "And shall turn away iniquity from Jacob"- So the Septuagint and St. Paul, Rom 11:26, reading instea...
Unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob "And shall turn away iniquity from Jacob"- So the Septuagint and St. Paul, Rom 11:26, reading instead of
Calvin -> Isa 59:20
Calvin: Isa 59:20 - -- 20.And a Redeemer shall come to Zion He again confirms what he formerly said, that the people shall be delivered, and that God will be the author of ...
20.And a Redeemer shall come to Zion He again confirms what he formerly said, that the people shall be delivered, and that God will be the author of this blessing. He bids the people, therefore, be of good cheer in their captivity, which shall not be perpetual; and next, he exhorts them to place the hope of redemption in God alone, that they may fix their minds solely on his promises. By the name Zion he denotes here, as in other passages, captives and exiles; for however far they had been banished from their country, still they must have carried the temple in their hearts.
And to them who have turned away from iniquity That the bastard children of Abraham may not apply indiscriminately to themselves what he has just now said, he proceeds to show to whom the redemption shall come, namely, to those only who have been truly consecrated to the Lord. It is certain that many returned from Babylon, who were not moved by any feeling of repentance, and yet who became partakers of the same blessing. But the Prophet speaks of the complete redemption which the elect alone enjoy; for, although the fruit of external redemption extends also to hypocrites, yet they have not embraced the blessing of God for salvation. The design of the Prophet is, to show that the punishment; of banishment will be advantageous, that God may gather his Church, after having purified it from filth and pollution; for we must always bear in remembrance what we saw elsewhere as to the diminution of the people.
In this way the Prophet exhorts the elect to the fear of God, that they may profit by his chastisements. Hence infer, that we cannot be reconciled to God through the blood of Christ, unless we first repent of our sins; not that salvation, which is founded on the pardon of sins, depends on our repentance; but repentance is joined to it in such a manner that it cannot be separated. They whom the Lord receives into favor are renewed by his Spirit in such a manner as to abhor their vices and change their manner of life.
Papists overturn the whole doctrine of salvation, by mingling and confounding pardon of sin with repentance; and not only they, but others also who wish to be thought more acute. 149 They acknowledge that a man is justified by free grace through Christ, but add, that it is because we are renewed by him. Thus they make our justification to depend partly on the pardon of sins and partly on repentance. But in this way our consciences will never be pacified; for we are very far from being perfectly renewed. These things must, therefore, be distinguished, so as to be neither separated nor confounded; and thus our salvation will rest; on a solid foundation.
Paul quotes this passage, (Rom 11:26) in order to show that there is still some remaining hope among the Jews; although from their unconquerable obstinacy it might be inferred that they were altogether cast off and doomed to eternal death. But because God is continually mindful of his covenant, and “his gifts and calling are without repentance,” (Rom 11:29) Paul justly concludes that it is impossible that there shall not at length be some remnant that come to Christ, and obtain that salvation which he has procured. Thus the Jews must at length be collected along with the Gentiles, that out of both “there may be one fold” under Christ. (Joh 10:16) It is of the deliverance from Babylon, however, that the Prophet treats. This is undoubtedly true; but we have said that he likewise includes the kingdom of Christ, and spiritual redemption, to which this prediction relates. Hence we have said that Paul infers that he could not be the redeemer of the world, without belonging to some Jews, whose fathers he had chosen, and to whom this promise was directly addressed.
Saith Jehovah By these words, in the conclusion of the verse, he sets a seal to the excellent sentiment which he has expressed.
Defender -> Isa 59:20
TSK -> Isa 59:20
TSK: Isa 59:20 - -- the Redeemer : Oba 1:17-21; Rom 11:26, Rom 11:27
unto : Deu 30:1-10; Eze 18:30,Eze 18:31; Dan 9:13; Act 2:36-39, Act 3:19, Act 3:26, Act 26:20; Tit 2:...
the Redeemer : Oba 1:17-21; Rom 11:26, Rom 11:27
unto : Deu 30:1-10; Eze 18:30,Eze 18:31; Dan 9:13; Act 2:36-39, Act 3:19, Act 3:26, Act 26:20; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 12:14

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Barnes -> Isa 59:20
Barnes: Isa 59:20 - -- And the Redeemer shall come - On the meaning of the word rendered here ‘ Redeemer,’ see the notes at Isa 43:1. This passage is appli...
And the Redeemer shall come - On the meaning of the word rendered here ‘ Redeemer,’ see the notes at Isa 43:1. This passage is applied by the apostle Paul to the Messiah Rom 11:26; and Aben Ezra and Kimchi, among the Jews, and Christians generally, suppose that it refers to him.
To Zion - On the word ‘ Zion,’ see the notes at Isa 1:8. The Septuagint renders this,
And unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob - There is much variety in the interpretation of this passage. Paul Rom 11:26 quotes it thus, ‘ and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob;’ and in this he has literally followed the Septuagint. The Vulgate renders it as in our translation. The Chaldee, ‘ And shall turn transgressors of the house of Jacob to the law.’ The Syriac, ‘ To those who turn iniquity from Jacob.’ Lowth has adopted the rendering of the Septuagint, and supposes that an error has crept into the Hebrew text. But there is no good authority for this supposition. The Septuagint and the apostle Paul have retained substantially, as Vitringa has remarked, the sense of the text. The main idea of the prophet is, that the effect of the coming of the Messiah would be to turn people from their sins. He would enter into covenant only with those who forsook their transgressions, and the only benefit to be derived from his coming would be that many would be thus turned from their iniquities.
Poole -> Isa 59:20
Poole: Isa 59:20 - -- And, moreover, or to wit ; and being here not so much copulative as expositive.
The Redeemer: the word notes a redemption with power, viz.
1. Cy...
And, moreover, or to wit ; and being here not so much copulative as expositive.
The Redeemer: the word notes a redemption with power, viz.
1. Cyrus, the instrument for the efficient, viz. God the Redeemer, Isa 43:14 45:13 . Or,
2. Christ, of whom the apostle expounds it, Rom 11:26 ; the prophets usually concluding their promises of temporal deliverances with the promises of spiritual, especially such of which the temporal were evident types.
To Zion viz. Jerusalem, to which though Cyrus came not in person, yet his favours, and the good effects of his conquest over Babylon, reached it, setting free the citizens of Zion, as Christ also his church, which is often called by the name of Zion, and Jacob, and Israel, &c. In Jacob , viz. among the Jews, who were the children of Jacob; and he describes to whom of these, namely, to them, and none else, that
turn from transgression such only whose hearts God touched, and turned to righteousness; and so to come to Zion here by the prophet, and out of Zion by the apostle, is one and the same thing; See Poole "Deu 33:2" ; for the Hebrew lamed is not only an article of the dative case, but put often for mim, of or from , so that letsion is out of Zion ; and for Christ to be given a Redeemer to Zion is the same thing as his coming to take iniquity from Jacob . And so the apostle doth by this expound that, taking an apostolical liberty not only to quote, but to expound this text; and so by laying them together, and making them one, would teach us that God must do for us what he requireth of us, Act 3:26 : or else, which is the opinion of some, he takes the last clause from some other text, or texts, as Isa 4:4 . I incline to the former, partly because there is no need of searching for any other text, and partly because, as the apostle quoteth it, it is agreeable to the LXX., which he frequently makes use of; and this the apostle improves as an allegory to prove that the Jews toward the end of the world shall he converted and saved, when the fulness of the Gentiles shall be brought in: q.d. As this people of old were delivered out of a dark and dolesome estate, when they seemed as it were extinct; so toward the end of the world the remnant of the Jews, that seem to be rejected, God will again bring home unto himself. Saith the Lord ; or, thus it is decreed and determined by the Lord: the prophets are wont to set down these words as a sacred seal of certainty, security, or confirmation of such signal promises as this is of the Redeemer, like to that of the apostle, 1Ti 1:15 .
Haydock -> Isa 59:20
Haydock: Isa 59:20 - -- To Sion. Septuagint, "from Sion, and will turn away iniquity from Jacob. ( 21. ) And this," &c. (Haydock) ---
St. Paul hence proves that the Jews...
To Sion. Septuagint, "from Sion, and will turn away iniquity from Jacob. ( 21. ) And this," &c. (Haydock) ---
St. Paul hence proves that the Jews will at last be converted, Romans xi. 26. The return of the captives prefigured this event. (Calmet)
Gill -> Isa 59:20
Gill: Isa 59:20 - -- And the Redeemer shall come to Zion,.... Not Cyrus, as some; but the Messiah, as it is applied in the Talmud m and in other Jewish writers n, and as A...
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion,.... Not Cyrus, as some; but the Messiah, as it is applied in the Talmud m and in other Jewish writers n, and as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it; and so Kimchi, who also understands by the enemy, in the preceding verse, Gog and Magog; and this must be understood not of the first coming of Christ to redeem his people by his blood from sin, Satan, and the law; but of his spiritual coming to Zion to the church of God in the latter day, at the time of the conversion of the Jews, as appears from the quotation, and application of it by the apostle, Rom 11:25 and with it compare Rev 14:1,
and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord; that is, to such among the Jews, the posterity of Jacob, who repent of their sins, and turn from them; and particularly their sin of the rejection of the Messiah, and the disbelief of him, and turn to him, and believe in him as their Saviour and King. The Targum is,
"and the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to turn the transgressors of the house of Jacob to the law;''
but rather the turn will be to the Gospel of Christ.

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TSK Synopsis -> Isa 59:1-21
TSK Synopsis: Isa 59:1-21 - --1 The calamities of the Jews not owing to want of saving power in God, but to their own enormous sins.16 Salvation is only of God.20 The covenant of t...
MHCC -> Isa 59:16-21
MHCC: Isa 59:16-21 - --This passage is connected with the following chapters. It is generally thought to describe the coming of the Messiah, as the Avenger and Deliverer of ...
Matthew Henry -> Isa 59:16-21
Matthew Henry: Isa 59:16-21 - -- How sin abounded we have read, to our great amazement, in the former part of the chapter; how grace does much more abound we read in these verses. A...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Isa 59:19-20
Keil-Delitzsch: Isa 59:19-20 - --
The prophet now proceeds to depict the ישׁוּעה , the symbol of which is the helmet upon Jehovah's head. "And they will fear the name of Jehov...
Constable: Isa 56:1--66:24 - --V. Israel's future transformation chs. 56--66
The last major section of Isaiah deals with the necessity of livin...

Constable: Isa 56:1--59:21 - --A. Recognition of human inability chs. 56-59
It is important that God's people demonstrate righteousness...

Constable: Isa 58:1--59:21 - --2. The relationship of righteousness and ritual chs. 58-59
The structure of this section is simi...
