Isaiah 35

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:8-9

The way to Zion. The outward incidents of the Jewish people have a singularly dose correspondence with the inward experiences of human souls in Christian times. The captivity in Egypt and also that in Babylon find their analogue in the state of spiritual bondage which is the constant penalty of sin. The way back to Jerusalem stands for our homeward pilgrimage as we travel to the city of the blessed. As here described, there are several features in which the one answers strikingly and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:9

No lion shall be there . No great tyrannical power, like Assyria ( Nahum 2:11 , Nahum 2:12 ) or Babylon, shall arrest the energies of the Church, take it captive, or enslave it. No ravenous beast shall make it his prey . In proportion as the Church is holy ( Isaiah 35:8 ) it shall be free from the molestation of bloody persecutors (see Isaiah 11:9 ). The redeemed —those whom God has purchased for his own ( Exodus 6:6 ; Hosea 13:14 )—shall be free to walk there, untroubled by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:10

The ransomed of the Lord shall return . The blessedness of the last times would be incomplete to Jewish ideas without this crowning feature. There had already been a great dispersion of the faithful ( Isaiah 1:7-9 ); there was to be a still greater one ( Isaiah 11:11 ); Israel could not be content or happy until her "outcasts" were recalled, "the dispersed of Judah gathered together from the four corners of the earth" ( Isaiah 11:12 ). The return here prophesied is again announced, in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:10

Within the gates. If the two preceding verses may be regarded as descriptive of the Christian pilgrimage, the text may appropriately be treated as pictorial of the heavenly city in which that journey ends. The language of this verse suggests to us— I. THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THOSE WHO ARE ADMITTED . They are "the ransomed of the Lord." They were in spiritual bondage: they have been redeemed by a Divine Deliverer; they have been ransomed at a great price; they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:10

The return of the ransomed. "Whoever is familiar with the bold and magnificent character of the prophetic style will not deem the liberation from the Captivity an event too trivial to be predicted in the language here employed." "Minor and temporary deliverances are not only emblems of the great salvation, but preparatory to it." "The first volume of Isaiah's prophecy closes fitly with this transcendent picture, carrying the thoughts of men beyond any possible earthly fulfillment. The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35

This chapter Isaiah 35:1-10 is a continuation of the prophecy commenced in the previous chapter. See the Analysis of Isaiah 34:0 for a general view of the design of the prophecy. The object of the whole is, to show that all the enemies of the people of God, and particularly Edom, which had so peculiarly and grievously offended them, would be destroyed; and that the destruction of their foes would be followed by times of security, prosperity, and joy.That this chapter refers in the Messiah is... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 35:4

Say to them - This is still an address to the ministers of religion, to make use of all the consolations which these truths and predictions furnish to confirm and strengthen the people of God.Of a fearful heart - Of a timid, pusillanimous heart; those who tremble before their enemies. The Hebrew is, as in the Margin, ‘Of a hasty heart;’ that is, of those who are disposed to flee before their enemies (see the note at Isaiah 30:16).Behold, your God will come with vengeance - That is, in the... read more

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