Isaiah 57:11

“And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, &c.] By assuming the name of Christian, when it did not belong to her; as it does not to the church of Rome which is antichristian: this lie is told, not out of any fear of God, or reverence of Christ; for she has no fear or reverence of either; but to serve a purpose, to blind the eyes of men under the Christian name, and, with a pretence to serve the cause of Christianity, to get all Christendom under her power: and hast not remembered me; or, “for thou hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart?” or, “put me upon thy heart”f1136; had no regard to Christ, nor had true faith in him, nor love to him; but all the reverse;…”

“Israel wished not to seem altogether to have denied God. Therefore they "lied" to Him. God asks, Why dost thou do so? "Whom dost thou fear? Certainly not Me; for thou hast not remembered Me." Translate, "seeing that thou hast not remembered Me." laid it to . . . heart--rather, "nor hast Me at heart"; hast no regard for Me; and that, because I have been long silent and have not punished thee. Literally, "Have I not held My peace, and that for long? and so thou fearest Me not" (Psa 50:21; Ecc 8:11). It would be better openly to renounce God, than to "flatter Him" with lies of false professions (Psa 78:36) [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU]. However, Isa 51:12-13 favors English Version of the whole verse;…”

“And of whom hast thou been afraid - The sense of this verse is exceedingly obscure. The design is evidently to reprove the Jews for the course which they had been pursuing in practicing idolatry, and in seeking the alliance of foreign powers. The main scope of the passage seems to be, to state that all this was proof that they did not fear God. Their conduct did not originate from any reverence for him, or any respect to his commands. And the question, ‘of whom hast thou been afraid?’ seems to mean that they had not been afraid of God. If they had had any reverence for any being or object that had led to the course which they had pursued, it was not for God. That thou hast lied - That thou…”

“Feared - And who are they, the fear of whom drives thee to these wicked courses? Lied - That thou hast dealt thus perfidiously with me. Not remembered - Hast thou forgotten all those great things which I have done for thee. Held my peace - Have not I forbore to punish thee from time to time, that by this goodness I might oblige thee to love me. And thou - Or, therefore thou dost not fear or regard me. Thou abusest my long - suffering. Isaiah 57:13”

“57:11 The people were living in fear of false gods instead of fearing the Lord (see 8:12-13).”

“of whom: Isa 51:12, Isa 51:13; Pro 29:25; Mat 26:69-75; Gal 2:12, Gal 2:13 that thou: Isa 30:9, Isa 59:3, Isa 59:4; Jer 9:3-5, Jer 42:20; Eze 13:22; Hos 11:12; Act 5:3; Th2 2:9; Ti1 4:2; Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15 and hast: Jer 2:32, Jer 3:21 nor: Isa 57:1 have not: Isa 26:10; Psa 50:21; Ecc 8:11 Isaiah 57:12”

“From fear of man, Israel, and still more Judah, had given up the fear of Jehovah. "And of whom hast thou been afraid, and (whom) didst thou fear, that thou becamest a liar, and didst not continue mindful of me, and didst not take it to heart?" It was of men - only mortal men, with no real power ( Isa 51:12) \- that Israel was so needlessly afraid, that it resorted to lies and treachery to Jehovah (kı̄, ut, an interrogative sentence, as in Sa2 7:18; Psa 8:5): purchasing the favour of man out of the fear of man, and throwing itself into the arms of false tutelar deities, it banished Jehovah its true shelter out of its memory, and did not take it to heart, viz., the sinfulness of such…”