Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
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Why, when I came, was there no one? - That is, when I came to call you to repentance, why was there no one from the nation to yield obedienc…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Wherefore, when I came...? — The "coming" of Jehovah must be taken in all its width of meaning. He came in the deliveranc…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have …
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Why did I come? This might be one reason given: that the people have not only brought upon themselves an immense mass of evils by provokin…
John Gill
JohnGill
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? &c.] The Targum is, "why have I sent my prophets, and they are not converted?" …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Those who have professed to be God's people, and seem to be dealt with severely, are inclined to complain, as if God had been hard on them. Here is…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
1. Thus says the Lord: What is this... Here the prophet begins to addre the obstacles to Israel's liberation. He proceeds in two pa…
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Albert Barnes
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