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Isaiah 57:17

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 57:17

Verse 17 of 21

Scripture focus

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

Isaiah 57:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 57:17

Theological / Devotional

His covetousness. Covetousness is a form of selfishness, and this besetting sin of Israel was at the root of every other evil (Jer. 6:13; Eze. 33:31; 1 Tim. 6:10; see on Luke 12:15).

I hid me. It is not in the nature of God to smite and to destroy. For a time, and in order to accomplish some specific objective, He may “hide” His face (Ps. 30:7; 89:46; Eze. 39:29; see on Isa. 54:8) and seem to abandon those whom He loves (see on Heb. 12:6-11).

Frowardly. Literally, “turning backward,” or “backsliding” (see on Jer. 8:5; Hosea 4:16). The judgments God permitted to fall upon the Hebrews failed to reform them.

They persisted in their obdurate course. Like so many today, they chose to do what they pleased rather than to live by principle.

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