Isaiah 59:13

“In transgressing and lying against the Lord, &c.] The word of the Lord, as the Targum; they transgress the doctrine of Christ, as well as the law of God, and deny him the only Lord God, even our Lord Jesus Christ, his proper deity, his righteousness, and satisfaction, which is notorious in our days; so the Syriac version renders it, we have denied the Lord; the Lord that bought them: this is the case of many under a profession of Christ: and departing away from our God: from following him, from walking in his ways, from attending his worship, word, and ordinances; so the Targum, “from the worship of our God;” from Immanuel, God with us, God in our nature; from him the living God, as every…”

“The particulars of the sins generally confessed in Isa 59:12 (Isa 48:8; Jer 2:19-20). The act, the word, and the thought of apostasy, are all here marked: transgression and departing, &c.; lying (compare Isa 59:4), and speaking, &c.; conceiving and uttering from the heart.”

“In transgressing - That is, we have been guilty of this as a continuous act. And lying against the Lord - We have proved false to Yahweh. Though we have been professedly his people, yet we have been secretly attached to idols, and have in our hearts been devoted to the service of false gods. And departing away from our God - By the worship of idols, and by the violation of his law. Speaking oppression and revolt - Forming plans to see how we might best take advantage of the poor and the defenseless, and to mature our plans of revolt against God. Conceiving and uttering from the heart - (See the notes at Isaiah 59:4). The idea is, that they had formed in their hearts schemes of deception, and…”

“Lying - Transgressing here, and lying, seem to be one and the same thing, inasmuch as in their transgressing the law of God, they broke their solemn engagement to God upon mount Sinai. Departing - Turning from God to idols. Speaking - As it were, talking of little else one among another, but how to oppress their neighbours, and apostatize from God. Uttering - That is, first contriving in their heart false accusations, false worship to the dishonour of God; laying the contrivances and uttering them. From the heart - And when they dealt with men in ways of fraud, it was from the heart, but when they spake with God it was but from the lip. Isaiah 59:14”

“lying: Isa 32:6, Isa 48:8, Isa 57:11; Psa 78:36; Jer 3:10, Jer 42:20; Eze 18:25; Hos 6:7, Hos 7:13; Hos 11:12; Act 5:3, Act 5:4 departing: Isa 31:6; Psa 18:21; Jer 2:13, Jer 2:19-21, Jer 3:20, Jer 17:13, Jer 32:40; Eze 6:9; Hos 1:2; Heb 3:12 speaking: Jer 5:23, Jer 9:2-5; Mat 12:34-36; Mar 7:21, Mar 7:22; Rom 3:10-18; Jam 1:15, Jam 3:6 Isaiah 59:14”