Isaías 57:17

17 Por causa da sua cobiça perverse fiquei indignado e o feri;fiquei irado e escondi o meu rosto.Mas ele continuou extraviado, seguindo os caminhos que escolheu.

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showed his displeasure by departing from them; and how much God has withdrawn his presence, and caused his spirit to depart from the churches of the Reformation, is too notorious: and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart;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 Pois assim diz o Alto e Sublime,que vive para sempre, e cujo nome é santo:“Habito num lugar alto e santo,mas habito também com o contrito e humilde de espírito,para dar novo ânimo ao espírito do humildee novo alento ao coração do contrito.

16 Não farei litígio para sempre,nem permanecerei irado,porque, senão, o espírito do homem esmoreceria diante de mim,bem como o sopro do homem que eu criei!

17 Por causa da sua cobiça perverse fiquei indignado e o feri;fiquei irado e escondi o meu rosto.Mas ele continuou extraviado, seguindo os caminhos que escolheu.

18 Eu vi os seus caminhos, mas vou curá-lo;eu o guiarei e tornarei a dar-lhe consolo,

19 criando louvor nos lábios dos pranteadores de Israel.Paz, paz, aos de longe e aos de perto”,diz o SENHOR. “Quanto a ele, eu o curarei”.