Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Make . . . fat-- (Psalms 119:17). "Render them the more hardened by thy warnings" [MAURER]. This effect is the fruit, not of the truth in itself, but of the corrupt state of their hearts, to which God here judicially gives them over (Isaiah 63:17). GESENIUS takes the imperatives as futures. "Proclaim truths, the result of which proclamation will be their becoming the more hardened" (Romans 1:28; Ephesians 4:18); but this does not so well as the former set forth God as designedly giving up sinners to judicial hardening (Romans 11:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:11). In the first member of the sentence, the order is, the heart, ears, eyes; in the latter, the reverse order, the eyes, ears, heart. It is from the heart that corruption flows into the ears and eyes (Mark 7:21-22); but through the eyes and ears healing reaches the heart (Romans 10:17), [BENGEL]. (Jeremiah 5:21; Ezekiel 12:2; Zechariah 7:11; Acts 7:57; 2 Timothy 4:4). In Matthew 13:15, the words are quoted in the indicative, "is waxed gross" (so the Septuagint), not the imperative, "make fat"; God's word as to the future is as certain as if it were already fulfilled. To see with one's eyes will not convince a will that is opposed to the truth (compare John 11:45-46; John 12:10-11). "One must love divine things in order to understand them" [PASCAL].
be healed--of their spiritual malady, sin (Isaiah 1:6; Psalms 103:3; Jeremiah 17:14).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 17:4
Psalms 119:70
Isaiah 1:1
Isaiah 6:1
Isaiah 6:1
Isaiah 8:16
Isaiah 29:9
Isaiah 29:10
Isaiah 42:20
Isaiah 44:18
Isaiah 59:1
Isaiah 63:17
Lamentations 3:65
Daniel 4:16
Amos 9:1
Zechariah 7:11
Matthew 13:14
Matthew 23:39
John 12:41
2 Corinthians 3:13
2 Thessalonians 2:11
DISCLAIMER: Church of the Great God (CGG) provides these resources to aid the individual in studying the Bible. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). The content of these resources does not necessarily reflect the views of CGG. They are provided for information purposes only.
E-mail this page
