Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
grope—fulfilling Moses' threat (Deuteronomy 28:29).
stumble at noon . . . as . . . night—There is no relaxation of our evils; at the time when we might look for the noon of relief, there is still the night of our calamity.
in desolate places—rather, to suit the parallel words "at noonday," in fertile (literally, "fat"; Genesis 27:28) fields [GESENIUS] (where all is promising) we are like the dead (who have no hope left them); or, where others are prosperous, we wander about as dead men; true of all unbelievers (Isaiah 26:10; Luke 15:17).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 59:10:
Job 5:14
Isaiah 58:14
Jeremiah 13:16
Ephesians 5:14
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