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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:19-22

The fifth stanza. Zion's crowning glories. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:20

Thy sun … thy moon . That which is to thee instead of sun and moon—Jehovah's brightness . The days of thy mourning shall be ended . Till the new Jerusalem descends from heaven ( Revelation 21:2 ), and Christ reigns personally over his people ( Revelation 22:5 ), the Church is always, more or less, in a state of mourning. The Bridegroom is away ( Matthew 9:15 ); his light shines upon his Church only by snatches; his Church feels itself unworthy of him—cold, unloving, stained with sin.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:20

Eternal day. "Thy sun shall no more go down," etc . We are told in the preceding verse who this sun is. It is God. As the Light of the soul, he shall live for ever. We speak of sun and moon, not only as they exist in nature, but figuratively, as symbolic of joy and gladness to the human heart. Many things are in this sense lights to us here, but their glory is often dimmed , often eclipsed in darkness; but hereafter "the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting Light, and thy God thy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:20

Departed grief. "The days of thy mourning shall be ended.". What a glorious perspective there is in these words! In the fairest skies we are accustomed to expect some clouds to start up from the bed of the sea, or to come suddenly across the blue firmament heralded by some fleecy outrider. Nor do we expect perpetuity of joy in human life. Life is ever the subject of risk and danger. We never part without uncertainty as to meeting again; we never know but our day of glory may set in tears.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:21

Thy people also shall be all righteous . Here the prophet touches the root of the matter. Pain and sorrow are the fruit of sin. Once let sin disappear, and sorrow goes with it. It is the foundation of all the glory and all the happiness of the redeemed in their Lord's final kingdom, that they are cleansed from all defilement of sin, and "are as the angels" ( Mark 12:25 ). They shall inherit the land; rather, the earth— the "new heavens and new earth" of Isaiah:17; Isaiah 66:22 . The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:21

The heaven of universal righteousness. "Thy people also shall be all righteous." "There are no people on earth that are all righteous; there is a mixture of some bad in the best societies on this side of heaven; but there are no mixtures there. They shall be ' all righteous,' that is, they shall be entirely righteous; as there shall be none corrupt among them, so there shall be no corruption among them; the spirit of just men shall there be made perfect" (Matthew Henry). Universal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:22

A little one ; i.e. the "little flock" of our Lord's own time on earth ( Luke 12:32 ), will become a strong nation—a countless multitude ( Revelation 7:9 ). In his time; rather, in its time , when the time fixed in God's counsels for the final establishment of Christ's kingdom arrives. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:22

Multiplication. "A little one shall become a thousand," etc. This is a Divine rebuke of our estimates. We look at outward magnitudes; God looks at that which has inward extension in itself. I. THIS IS TRUE HISTORICALLY . Israel found it so. The Pilgrim Fathers found it so. And many Churches have found it so, where there has been loving co-operation and personal consecration. Look how the despised mission work in India grew to a mighty force, despite the satirical review of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 60:20

Thy sun shall no more go down - There shall be no total and long night of calamity, error, and sin. This is designed to describe the flourishing and glorious state of the church. It, of course, does not mean that there should be no times of calamity, no period of ignorance, no scenes of persecution; but it means that there should not be total night. Truth should reign on the earth, and there never would be a time when the light of salvation would be extinct. There never would be a time like... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 60:21

Thy people also shall be all righteous - (See the notes at Isaiah 4:2).They shall inherit the land for ever - (See the notes at Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 54:3; compare Isaiah 65:9; Matthew 5:5).The branch of my planting - On the meaning of the word branch, see the notes at Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 14:19. Here it means a scion or shoot which Yahweh had planted, and which had sprung up under his culture. Grotius supposes it means posterity. The idea seems to be, that they would inherit the land and all... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 60:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 60:21

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