Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 59:10

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 59:10

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 59:10

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men." — Isaiah 59:10 (ASV)

We grope for the wall ... —The words present a striking parallelism with Deuteronomy 28:29, and may have been reproduced from, or in, it.

We are in desolate places ... —Many critics render, (1) among those full of life, or (2) in luxuriant fields, of which (1) is preferable, as giving an antithesis like that of the other clauses. So taken, we have a parallelism with Psalms 73:5-8.