Yǐsaìyàshū 57:17

17 Yīn tā tānlán de zuìniè , wǒ jiù fānù jī dá tā . wǒ xiàng tā yǎn miàn fānù , tā què réngrán suí xīn bēi dào .

Yǐsaìyàshū 57:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote
him,
&c.] Not the greedy watchmen of the church of Rome, ( Isaiah 56:10 Isaiah 56:11 ) , but teachers and preachers in the reformed churches, who mind their own things, and not the things of Christ; seek after good benefices and livings, temporalities and pluralities, and to be lord bishops; taking the oversight of the flock for filthy lucre sake; which may easily be observed to be the predominant sin of the preachers and professors of the reformed churches; for which God has a controversy with them, and, resenting it, has smote and rebuked them in a providential way; and has threatened them, as he did the church at Sardis, the emblem of the reformed churches, that he will come upon them as a thief, ( Revelation 3:4 ) . I hid me, and was wroth:
showed his displeasure by departing from them; and how much God has withdrawn his presence, and caused his spirit to depart from the churches of the Reformation, is too notorious: and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart;
took no notice of the reproofs and corrections of God; was unconcerned at his absence; not at all affected with his departure, and the withdrawings of his Spirit; these had no effect to cause a reformation, as is now too visibly the case; the same evil is pursued with equal eagerness; this is a way the heart of man is set upon, and they do not care to be turned out of it; and are like froward peevish children under the rod, receive no correction by it.

Yǐsaìyàshū 57:17 In-Context

15 Yīnwei nà zhìgāo zhì shang , yǒngyuǎn cháng cún , ( yuánwén zuò zhù zaì yǒngyuǎn ) míng wèi shèng zhĕ de rúcǐ shuō , wǒ zhù zaì zhìgāo zhì shèng de suǒ zaì , yĕ yǔ xīnlíng tòng huǐ qiābēi de rén tóngjū , yào shǐ qiābēi rén de líng sūxǐng , yĕ shǐ tòng huǐ rén de xīn sūxǐng .

16 Wǒ bì bù yǒngyuǎn xiāng zhēng , yĕ bù chángjiǔ fānù . kǒngpà wǒ suǒ zào de rén yǔ língxìng , dōu bì fā hūn .

17 Yīn tā tānlán de zuìniè , wǒ jiù fānù jī dá tā . wǒ xiàng tā yǎn miàn fānù , tā què réngrán suí xīn bēi dào .

18 Wǒ kànjian tā suǒ xíng de dào , yĕ yào yīzhì tā . yòu yào yǐndǎo tā , shǐ tā hé nà yītóng shāngxīn de rén , zaì dé ānwèi .

19 Wǒ zào jiù zuǐchún de guǒzi . yuàn píngān kāng taì guīyǔ yuǎn chù de rén , yĕ guīyǔ jìn chù de rén , bìngqiĕ wǒ yào yīzhì tā . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .