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Sin Corrupts Every Part
Commentators explain that Isaiah lists various body parts—hands, fingers, lips, and tongue—to illustrate how sin is not isolated but thoroughly corrupts a person's entire being and actions. As John Calvin notes, mentioning 'fingers' after 'hands' is a poetic way of saying that no part, not even the smallest, is free from iniquity. This comprehensive indictment leaves no room for excuses.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 59:3
18th Century
Theologian
For your hands are defiled with blood — The prophet proceeds here more particularly to specify the sins of which they were guilty; …
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 59:3
19th Century
Bishop
Your hands are defiled with blood. —The accusation of the “grand indictment” of Isaiah 1:15 is reproduced verbatim.
John Calvin
On Isaiah 59:3
16th Century
Theologian
For your hands. He now brings forward their actions, so that they may not practice evasion or question which sins have “caused the separat…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 59:3
17th Century
Pastor
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with
iniquity
From a genera…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 59:1–8
17th Century
Minister
If our prayers are not answered, and the salvation we wait for is not accomplished for us, it is not because God is weary of hearing prayer, but be…