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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

The glory of the Church not temporal greatness, but spiritual perfection Amid the wealth of metaphor which Isaiah employs to depict the final prosperity, glory, and happiness of the Church, it is remarkable how little use is made of any images drawn from the conditions or circumstances of earthly grandeur. Images of natural beauty are principally employed—the shady forest, the spreading cedar tree, the rich luxuriance of arable and pasture land, the choice beauty of the most lovely among... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

Glories of the Messianic age. This is a picture of the happy and glorious condition of Israel after the return from Captivity. Nature is beheld rejoicing with man; and the whole scene is suffused with the light of a universal spiritual joy. I. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD . The desert will rejoice "like the narcissus," the beautiful white flower found in abundance in spring-time in the Plain of Sharon. A ringing musical cry shall break out from those solitudes. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:2

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing ; rather, with dancing and singing . Dancing and singing were the ordinary manifestations of religions joy ( Exodus 15:1 , Exodus 15:20 , Exodus 15:21 ; 11:34 ; 21:19-21 ; 2 Samuel 6:5 , 2 Samuel 6:14 , 2 Samuel 6:15 ; Psalms 30:11 , etc.), and would naturally follow the great deliverance of the Church from the power of its enemies. The clause is a touch of realism intruded into a prolonged metaphor or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen ye the weak hands . In the Church of the redeemed there will be "weak" brethren as well as strong, "feeble" as well as healthful (see 1 Corinthians 3:1 ; Galatians 6:1 ; Hebrews 5:12-14 ). God, by the mouth of his prophet, calls on the strong to impart of their strength to their weaker brethren, uplifting their "weak hands," as Aaron and Hur did those of Moses ( Exodus 17:12 ), and "confirming" or sustaining their "feeble knees." So St. Paul: "We that are strong ought to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:3

Inspirations to energy. "Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees." It is not enough to be sorry for the woes of others. Sympathy may be a sort of mental "minor," wherewith we simply soothe ourselves. We must be earnest and inspirational. Pity must be practical. "Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand!" We have plenty of critics and satirists; we want men who will help to save . I. WE MAY STRENGTHEN BY OUR WORDS . "Say to them that are of a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:3

Cheer for the faint-hearted. This term may well be applied either to the small remnant left in Judaea, or to the small company that represented the exiled nation on the return to Jerusalem. The cheer comes through the assurance of God's direct and gracious relations with them. Faint-hearted ones can only be steadied by leaning on the Strong One for strength. The prayer of all such should be this, "O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake thou for me ." Introduction may include the reasons for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:3-4

The privilege of the strong. In this strenuous and vigorous appeal we have— I. THE COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST . In it are the weak as well as the strong. There is nothing whatever that is narrow about the Christian faith. It is not adapted to any particular class or character. In Jesus Christ there is neither male nor female, Greek nor Jew, cultivated nor uncultivated, bond nor free. And in him there is no favor reserved for any special disposition ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:1

The wilderness and the solitary place - This is evidently figurative language, such as is often employed by the prophets. The word rendered ‘solitary place’ (ציה tsı̂yâh), denotes properly a dry place, a place without springs and streams of water; and as such places produce no verdure, and nothing to sustain life, the word comes to mean a desert. Such expressions are often used in the Scriptures to express moral or spiritual desolation; and in this sense evidently the phrase is used here. It... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:2

It shall blossom abundantly - Hebrew, ‘Blossoming it shall blossom’ - a common mode of expression in Hebrew, denoting certainty, abundance, fullness - similar to the expression Genesis 2:17, ‘Dying thou shalt die,’ that is, thou shalt surely die. The sense here is, it shall blossom in abundance.And rejoice even with joy - Strong figurative language, denoting the greatness of the blessings; as great as if in the waste wilderness there should be heard the voice of joy and rejoicing. The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen ye - That is, you who are the religious teachers and guides of the people. This is an address made by the prophet in view of what he had said and was about to say of the proraised blessings. The sense is, strengthen and sustain the feeble and the desponding by the promised blessings; by the assurances Isaiah 34:0 that all the enemies of God and his people will be destroyed; and that he will manifest himself as their Protector, and send upon them the promised blessings. Or it may be... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:3-4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:3

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