Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 59:21
21. As for me… saith the Lord Of late the prophet has been, but now Jehovah reappears as, the speaker; probably because he personates the “Redeemer” of the preceding verse. This is my covenant Namely, the covenant of the Gospel, with all its spiritual benefits, which is to run on till the world ends. My Spirit… upon thee First, on Messiah without measure; (John 3:36;) then, on his people, the devoted ones of Israel, the true Israel, they of the “west” and they of regions where is “the... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.My covenant — What I have promised, to them that turn from their iniquity.My words — Which thou hast uttered by virtue of my spirit.Of thy seed — A promise of the perpetual presence of his word and spirit with... read more