And I will bring forth a seed - I will give descendants to Jacob, who shall share my favor and repossess the land.An inheritor of my mountains - The mountains of Palestine - Jerusalem and the vicinity - called the mountains of God because he claimed that land as his special residence, and the place where his holy religion was established.And mine elect - They who have been chosen by me to maintain my religion in the world. read more
And Sharon - Sharon was properly a district south of Mount Carmel, along the coast of the Mediterranean, and extending from. Caesarea to Joppa. In the Scripture, this is almost a proverbial name to denote extraordinary beauty and fertility (see the notes at Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 32:5).Shall be a fold of flocks - At the time contemplated here by the prophet - the close of the exile - that whole country would have lain waste about seventy years. Of course, during that long period it would be spread... read more
Isaiah 65:8-10. Thus saith the Lord These words may be conceived as a gracious answer from God to the prophet, pleading God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. To this God replies, that he intended no such severity as the utter destruction of the whole nation; that the unfaithfulness of men should not make his promise to the ancient patriarchs of none effect, Romans 3:3; that his threatening should be made good upon the generality of this people, whose vine was of Sodom, and... read more
God’s people: servants or rebels? (65:1-16)It was God’s desire that Israel seek him and enjoy his blessings, but instead the nation rebelled against him and stubbornly went its own way. Only a minority within Israel, along with those of Gentile nations who turned to Israel’s God, were really God’s people (65:1-2). As for the people of Israel as a whole, they had throughout their long history repeatedly made God angry. They sacrificed to other gods, consulted the spirits of the dead and ate... read more
a seed. A further reference to the new Israel of Isaiah 26:2 ; Isaiah 66:7 , Isaiah 66:8 . Matthew 21:43 . read more
Sharon. See note on Isaiah 33:9 . valley of Achor. As in Hosea 2:15 . The only two references to the history of Joshua 7:0 . read more
Isaiah 65:8-10. Thus saith the Lord, &c.— Thus, &c. as when one findeth a good grape in the cluster, and sayeth, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it, &c. Lowth. See ch. Isa 10:22-23 where a promise similar to this is given. The proposition of divine grace, respecting the faithful, is contained in the 8th verse, and more fully explained in the 9th and 10th. In chap. 17: we have a simile of nearly the same kind, and equally elegant with that in Isaiah 65:8. The meaning is, that if... read more
9. seed—"the holy seed" (Isaiah 6:13), a posterity from Jacob, designed to repossess the Holy Land, forfeited by the sin of the former Jews. my mountains—Jerusalem and the rest of Judea, peculiarly God's (compare Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 14:32). it—the Holy Land. elect— (Isaiah 65:15; Isaiah 65:22). read more
10. Sharon—(See on :-; Isaiah 65:3). Achor—meaning "trouble"; a valley near Jericho, so called from the trouble caused to Israel by Achan's sin (Isaiah 65:3- :). "The valley of Achor," proverbial for whatever caused calamity, shall become proverbial for joy and prosperity (Isaiah 65:3- :). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:10
Sharon shall be a fold of flocks . "Sharon," instead of being "like a wilderness" ( Isaiah 33:9 ), shall once more be "a place for flocks "—a rich pasture for the flocks and herds of the returned exiles. (On the position and fertility of Sharon, see the comment upon Isaiah 33:9 .) The valley of Achor (see Joshua 7:24-26 ). The 'Emeq 'Akor was near Jericho. The two places seem to be selected on account of their position, one on the eastern, the other on the western border. My... read more