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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:18

Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold ,.... Look east, west, north, and south, and behold the flocking converts from all parts; see on Isaiah 49:12 . The words are spoken to the church, and for her comfort; and so the Targum, "lift up thine eyes round about, O Jerusalem, and see all the children of the people of thy captivity:' all these gather themselves together, and come to thee ; though of different nations, and come from different quarters, yet coalesce together, make one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:19

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction ,.... Or "thy land of destruction, or thy destroyed land" F14 ארץ הריסתך "terra tua destructa", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, De Dieu; "et terram destructionis tuam", Cocceius; "et terram tuam quae destructa est", Vitringa. ; laid waste and desolate by the enemy, without inhabitants; such countries in which there were few professors of the true religion: shall even now be too narrow, by reason of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:20

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other ,.... Which "other lost" are not the Jews, the broken branches, rejected and cut off for unbelief; and the "children after" them not the Gentiles converted, which took their place; but "the other" are such who have been destroyed by the Heathen persecutions, and especially by the antichristian cruelties; and the "children after", the great numbers of converts upon the fall of antichrist. The words may be rendered, "the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:21

Then shalt thou say in thine heart ,.... In, a way of admiration, secretly within herself, astonished at the numerous crowds flocking in; who hath begotten me these ? not their natural parents, nor they themselves; for they are not born of blood, nor of the will of man, nor of the will of the flesh ; nor ministers of the Gospel, though they are instruments, yet not the cause; but God only, Father, Son, and Spirit, to whom regeneration is only ascribed: regeneration is a wonderful... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:22

Thus saith the Lord God ,.... In answer to the questions, where had these children been? and from whence did they come? who begot them, and brought them up? and by what means was all this done, or would be done? I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles ; beckoning them to come unto him, directing and ordering them what to do; or rather exerting the power of his grace in the conversion of them. The Targum is, "I will reveal my power among the Gentiles;' his efficacious grace attending... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:23

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers ,.... Who shall show favour and respect to the church and people of God, grant them liberty, and protect and defend them in their religious privileges: for this is to be understood not figuratively of apostles and apostolical men, as Jerom, who are kings and priests unto God, and who feed the church with the milk of the word, and the breasts of ordinances; but literally of the kings and queens of the earth; and is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:24

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty ,.... This is an objection to the accomplishment of what is predicted and promised above, taken from the power of the enemy, and his right to detain the people; and are either the words of the nations among whom the Jews were, according to Kimchi, boasting of, and presuming upon, and opposing to what is said, both their might and right, to keep the people in their own hands, bidding as it were defiance to any to attempt to take them from them; or the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:25

But thus saith the Lord ,.... In answer to the above objection, being mightier than the mighty, and stronger than he by whom his people are detained, being the Almighty: even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered ; or, "the prey of the violent ones" F21 מלקוח עריץ "captura violenti", Moutanus Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "turba captiva violenti", Vitringa. ; which is an answer both as to might and right; as to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 49:5

And now, saith the Lord "And now, thus saith Jehovah" - The word כה coh , before אמר amar , is dropped out of the text: it is supplied by eight MSS. (two ancient) of Dr. Kennicott's, two of De Rossi's, and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. Though Israel be not gathered "And that Israel unto him might be gathered" - Five MSS. (two ancient) confirm the Keri, or marginal correction of the Masoretes, לו lo , unto him, instead of לא lo , not, in the text; and so read... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 49:6

And to restore the preserved of Irsrae "And to restore the branches of Israel" - נצירי netsirey , or נצורי netsurey , as the Masoretes correct it in the marginal reading. This word has been matter of great doubt with interpreters: the Syriac renders it the branch, taking it for the same with נצר netser , Isaiah 11:1 . See Michaelis Epim. in Praelect. xix. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 49:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 49:6

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