Isaías 57:17

17 Estaba enojado,
así que castigué a este pueblo tan avaro.
Me aparté de ellos,
pero continuaron por su propio terco camino.

Isaías 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showed his displeasure by departing from them; and how much God has withdrawn his presence, and caused his spirit to depart from the churches of the Reformation, is too notorious: and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart;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.

Isaías 57:17 In-Context

15 El Alto y Majestuoso que vive en la eternidad,
el Santo, dice:
«Yo vivo en el lugar alto y santo
con los de espíritu arrepentido y humilde.
Restauro el espíritu destrozado del humilde
y reavivo el valor de los que tienen un corazón arrepentido.

16 Pues no pelearé contra ustedes para siempre;
no estaré siempre enojado.
Si lo estuviera, moriría toda la gente,
sí, todas las almas que he creado.

17 Estaba enojado,
así que castigué a este pueblo tan avaro.
Me aparté de ellos,
pero continuaron por su propio terco camino.

18 He visto lo que hacen,
¡pero aun así, los sanaré
y los guiaré!
Consolaré a los que se lamentan,

19 llevando palabras de alabanza a sus labios.
Que tengan paz abundante, tanto cerca como lejos
—dice el Señor
que los sana—.