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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:15

Thou hast been forsaken and hated (comp. Isaiah 54:7 ; Isaiah 62:4 ). Zion has been a wife repudiated for her adulteries, "forsaken" by her husband, and the object of his just "hate." So that no man went through thee. The mixed metaphor is awkward, but readily intelligible. Zion is at once a city and a wife. As a wife, she is "hated and forsaken," as a city, no man goes through her. An eternal excellency (comp. Isaiah 59:21 , and see the Homiletics on the passage). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:15

A promise to Israel. "I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations." God's estimate of honour is the only real and permanent one. Nations have sought other excellences. The Egyptians excelled in architecture; the Greeks in art and beauty; the Romans in government and military prowess. The Jew was to excel in righteousness and religion. I. GOD 'S IDEAL IS IMMORTAL . "An eternal excellency." 1 . Military empire passes from kingdom to kingdom. 2 .... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:15-18

The fourth stanza , Zion's prosperity. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:15-22

The favour of Jehovah to his people. Zion is again imagined as the bride of Jehovah. No more is she to be "hated," i.e. neglected ( Genesis 29:31 ; Deuteronomy 21:15 ), like one less beloved. No more are her streets to be deserted of passengers. She is to be made an "everlasting pride, the delight of successive generations." The kings of the earth are to be tender over her, and she is to be enriched by the resources of the nations. I. JEHOVAH THE SAVIOUR AND THE RULER ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:16

Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles (comp. Deuteronomy 33:19 ). As a child at the mother's breast, thou shall obtain kindly nourishment through the means of the Gentiles, who acknowledge thee for their superior, and place all their means at thy disposal ( supra , Isaiah 60:5-11 ). Among these, the most liberal, and the most prompt to render aid, will be their kings (see the comment on Isaiah 60:10 ). Thou shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour. This clause is repeated... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:16

The Mighty One of Jacob. "And thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." It is singular and significant that Jehovah should here be so closely identified with Jacob, and not, as usual, with the three great patriarchs. We are to get our ideas of him as a Saviour and Redeemer precisely from what he was to Jacob, and what he did for Jacob. Now, the striking thing in the life of Jacob is that he had much more trouble with himself than with his ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:17

For brass I will bring gold ; rather, for copper. "Brass" was an alloy little known to the Oriental nations. The general idea is that the glorious age of Solomon would return ( 1 Kings 10:21 , 1 Kings 10:27 ), and Zion be as resplendent and as wealthy as in his time. The material splendour is, no doubt, throughout the whole description, typical in the main of spiritual glories and excellences. I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. "Peace" and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:18

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land (comp. Isaiah 2:4 ; Isaiah 11:6-9 ; Isaiah 35:9 ). The entire cessation of war and violence is one of the most characteristic features of the "last times," when swords shall be beaten into ploughshares, and spears into pruning-hooks. "The Prince of Peace" shall ultimately establish peace. It is not surprising that men of earnest religious feeling should have thought, at various times, that they saw the actual commencement of the reign of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:19

The sun shall be no more thy light by day . Here Isaiah anticipates one of the most sublime thoughts in the Revelation of St. John the Divine, viz. that the heavenly Jerusalem, illuminated perpetually by the radiance of the Divine Presence, shall need neither light of the sun by day, nor of the moon by night, but shall be sufficiently illumined by the direct and primary light which streams down upon it from God himself. Whether the sun and moon will continue to exist or not is beyond the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:19

Our everlasting Light. Contrasts are suggested with brief days that darken into night, and cloudy days that hide the sunshining. It passes our comprehension, indeed, but it kindles our imagination, to conceive of a day that knows no ending, and a sunrising that never reaches its meridian. Yet we often feel as if we wanted life to be all sunshine; it shall be when we are altogether good. While we are encompassed with infirmities, and must be under discipline, God cannot be to us an... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:15-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:15-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:19

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