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The Idols of Luck and Fate
The people are condemned for forsaking God to worship pagan deities named 'Gad' and 'Meni.' Most scholars identify these as gods of 'Fortune' and 'Destiny,' likely associated with the planets Jupiter and Venus. Instead of trusting in God's sovereign care, they turned to astrology and luck.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 65:11
18th Century
Theologian
But you are they who forsake the Lord - Or rather, ‘You who forsake Yahweh, and who forget my holy mountain, I will number to the sword.…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 65:11
19th Century
Bishop
That forget my holy mountain ...—The words imply, like Isaiah 65:3-5, the abandonment of the worship of the Temple for a …
John Calvin
On Isaiah 65:11
16th Century
Theologian
But you forsakers of Jehovah, who forget the mountain of my holiness. That hypocrites may not abuse these promises, or think that what is …
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John Gill
On Isaiah 65:11
17th Century
Pastor
But you are they that forsake the Lord
Here the Lord returns to the body of the people again, the unbelievers and re…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 65:11–16
17th Century
Minister
Here the different states of the godly and wicked, of the Jews who believed, and of those who persisted in unbelief, are set against one another. T…