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Sinning 'To God's Face'
The people's sin wasn't done in secret but was a continuous, open provocation "to my face." Commentators explain this highlights the impudence and defiance of their actions. They were not ignorant but willfully disobeyed God in His very presence, making their guilt more severe.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 65:3
18th Century
Theologian
A people - This verse contains a specification of the reasons why God had rejected them and brought the calamities upon them.
That…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 65:3
19th Century
Bishop
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 65:3
16th Century
Theologian
A people that provoketh me. Here he describes and illustrates more fully in what ways the Jews were rebellious against God. It was because…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 65:3
17th Century
Pastor
A people that provokes me to anger continually to my face, &c.] They committed their sins openly, without any fear of the…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 65:1–7
17th Century
Minister
The Gentiles came to seek God, and find him, because they were first sought and found by him. Often he meets some thoughtless trifler or profligate…