Isaiah 66

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:6

A voice of noise from the city ,.... From the city of Jerusalem, as the Targum; so Kimchi, who says, that in the days of the Messiah shall go out of Jerusalem the voice of noise concerning Gog and Magog: this indeed respects the days of the Messiah, but such as are now past, and a voice of crying in the city of Jerusalem, at, the taking and destruction of it by the Romans; when were heard from it the noisy voices of the Roman soldiers, triumphing and rejoicing at it, and the shrieks of the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:7

Before she travailed, she brought forth ,.... That is, Zion, as appears from the following verse: lest it should be thought that the interest of Christ would be swallowed up and lost in the destruction of the Jews, this, and what follows, are said concerning the conversion of many of that people, both in the first times of the Gospel, and in the latter day, as well as concerning the calling of the Gentiles, and the uniting of both in one church state. Zion, or the church of God, is here... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:8

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things ?.... Such numerous conversions, as after related; suggesting that they were wonderful and surprising, unheard of, what had never been seen in the world before, and which were amazing and astonishing to the church herself; see Isaiah 49:21 , shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day ? as if it was said the thing about to be related was as wonderful as if all the women in the world should bring forth their children in one... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:9

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth, saith the Lord ?.... Or, "to the place of breaking" forth of children, as in Hosea 13:13 , the womb, and the mouth of it: or, "shall I break or open" that, so some F19 האני אשביר "matricem frangam?" Montanus; "an ego aperirem os matricis?" Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. render it; lest too much should or seem to be attributed to the Church, she being said to travail in birth, and bring forth children, this is said by... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her ,.... The church; she bringing forth so many spiritual children to Christ; just as, when a woman is delivered of a child, her friends and neighbours congratulate her upon it, and rejoice with her on that account; as Elisabeth's neighbours and relations did, at the birth of John the Baptist, Luke 1:57 , so the church's friends here are called together to rejoice with her, at the numerous birth and conversion of souls in her, than which nothing... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:11

That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolations ,.... This, according to our version, expresses the end of the church's friends being called together to rejoice with her, that they might partake of her joys and comforts, delights and pleasures: but the words may be better rendered, either, according to Kimchi's sense, "therefore shall ye suck" F20 למען תינקו "pro eo quod, vel quia sugetis", Gataker. , &c.; because ye have mourned for her, and because ye... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:12

For thus saith the Lord, behold, I will extend peace to her like a river ,.... As the river Euphrates, so the Targum; or as the Nile, which overflowed Egypt, and made it fruitful; or as any flowing river, large and spreading, continuing to flow, and brings blessings with it where it comes; and so denotes the abundance of this peace, the perpetuity of it, and its blessed effects. This respects not the first times of the Gospel; for though Christ the peacemaker came and made peace by his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:13

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you ,.... Though ordinances are means, and ministers are instruments of comfort, God is the sole efficient cause of it; and very wonderful it is that he should condescend to administer it, since he is an immense and infinite Being, the high and lofty One, possessed of all perfections, and yet deigns to revive the spirit of the humble and contrite; since he is the Maker of heaven and earth, and all things, and those he comforts are dust and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:14

And when ye see this ,.... All the above things prophesied of come to pass; the conversion of the Jews; the peaceable and prosperous condition of the church of Christ; and perceive, feel, and enjoy the comforts of God in an experimental manner: your heart shall rejoice ; for nothing can be matter of greater joy than these; these cause an inward, hearty, and sincere joy, and not mere outward expressions of it: and your bones shall flourish like an herb ; in a well watered garden, or... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:15

For, behold, the Lord will come with fire ,.... Either with material fire, with which mystical Babylon or Rome shall be burnt, Revelation 18:8 , or with indignation and wrath, which shall be poured out like fire, and be as intolerable and consuming as that: and with his chariots like a whirlwind ; making a great noise, and striking great terror; alluding to chariots in which men used formerly to fight: to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire ; a heap of... read more

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