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But as to Israel he says, "All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.
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God's Pleading Heart
Commentators emphasize the powerful image of God "stretching out his hands all day long." This isn't a passive stance but an active, continuous posture of loving entreaty. Scholars like John Calvin compare it to a father with open arms, ready to embrace a returning child. This verse reveals God's persistent, patient, and pleading heart toward those who reject Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But to Israel he saith. The preceding quotation established the doctrine that the Gentiles were to be called. But there was still an impor…
All the day long (ολην την ημεραν). Accusative of extent of time. He quotes Isa 65:2.
Did I spread out (εξ…
19th Century
Anglican
To Israel.—With regard to Israel.
He says.—Isaiah, speaking as the mouthpiece of God.
All day…
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Baptist
First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Isaiah is very bold,…
The quotation from Isa 65:1 clearly supports what has been declared in the previous passage (). Paul sees in the OT an anticipation of what has com…
16th Century
Protestant
But of Israel, etc. A reason is added why God turned to the Gentiles: it was because he saw that his favor had become a mockery to the Jew…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But to Israel he saith Or against Israel, or concerning Israel he saith in the same prophecy in ([Reference Isaiah 6…
Did not the Jews know that the Gentiles were to be called in? They might have known it from Moses and Isaiah. Isaiah speaks plainly of the grace an…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that the fall of the Jews is pitiable because they sinned from ignorance, the Apostle now shows that their fall is not enti…
