Isaiah 60:1-62:12 NIV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-6

THE DAWNING OF GOD’S LIGHT, AND ITS AWAKENING CALLIsaiah 60:1-6. Arise, shine, for thy light is come, &c.We ourselves are a part fulfilment of this prophecy. It is Israel’s God we worship, &c. The Church of today is what it is through the fulfilment of this prophecy in part; the Church of the future will be what it shall become through its fulfilment in completeness. Dropping the special reference to Israel, and viewing the text in its universal bearings, we have—I. THE CHURCH... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 60:1

Isaiah 60:1 Taking these words into the full illumination of Christianity, they express, very beautifully, the awakening of a man to his true work in the world. It is because the "glory of the Lord has risen upon him," that the Christian is able to reflect the light which has entered his soul. Notice: I. The dawning of the light: "Thy light has come." Man is not in a world of darkness, but blind in a world of light. All he needs is the opening of the spiritual eye, that the light may be seen.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 60:1

DISCOURSE: 999OUR DUTY ARISING FROM THE ADVENT OF CHRISTIsaiah 60:1.—Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.THE prophetic style is wonderfully sublime: its figures are so bold, its transitions so quick, its descriptions so animated, that all the most admired compositions of Greece and Rome sink in our estimation when compared with the sacred oracles. The writings of Isaiah in particular justify this remark; and both the chapter, and the very words,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-22

Chapter 60Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and the kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 60:1-22

This chapter contains the full cup of consolation given to Zion, after all her woes and long afflictions in the dark ages of the church. But it is, as Matthew Henry judiciously observes, “the gospel church expressly called Zion and Jerusalem, and under that idea, all believers are expressly said to come to it. Hebrews 12:22. Ye are come to mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem; which text of St. Paul serves as a key to this prophecy.” This passage is likewise alluded to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 60:1-12

Isaiah 60:1-12Arise, shine; for thy light is comeThe glory of spiritual IsraelHaving repeatedly and fully shown that the national pro-eminence of Israel was not to be perpetual, that the loss of it was the natural consequence and righteous retribution of iniquity, and that their loss did not involve the destruction of the true Church or spiritual Israel, the prophet now proceeds to show that, to the latter, the approaching change would be a glorious and blessed one.(J. A. Alexander.)Isaiah... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 60:1

Isa 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. Ver. 1. Arise. ] Thou, O my Church, that now liest in pulvere vastitatis, as a forlorn captive, rouse up thyself, change both thy countenance and condition; Tanquam libera ac laeta ad novum nuncium; up, and look up, I have joyful tidings for thee. For thy light is come. ] Christ, who is αυτοφως - light essential. Joh 12:46 And, the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. ] The glorious gospel of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 60:1

Arise: Isaiah 52:1, Isaiah 52:2, Matthew 5:16, Ephesians 5:8, Ephesians 5:14, Philippians 2:15 shine; for thy light is come: or, be enlightened, for thy light cometh, Isaiah 60:19, Isaiah 60:20, Isaiah 9:2, Matthew 4:16, Luke 1:78, Luke 1:79, John 1:9, John 3:19, John 8:12, John 12:46, Ephesians 5:8, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 22:5 the glory: Malachi 4:2, Luke 2:32, 1 Peter 4:14 Reciprocal: Genesis 49:10 - the gathering Exodus 10:23 - but all Exodus 29:43 - sanctified Judges 5:12 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 60:1

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.Arise — A word of encouragement accommodated to the Jewish, or Hebrew style, wherein, as by lying down, is described a servile and calamitous condition, chap47:1, so by rising, and standing up, a recovery out of it, into a free, and prosperous one, as may be seen frequently; Rouze up, intimating her deliverance to be at hand. Here under a type, of Jerusalem's restoration, is displayed the flourishing state of the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 60:1

1. Arise The chapter opens with an animating address to the delivered children of God. Shine The image is a sunrise scene. The night, long and dismal, has brooded, but now gradually ends. Thy light is come The tops of the mountains (Isaiah 2:1-5; Micah 4:1) are gilded, and are seen by the prophet, though far back in time. Glory of the Lord… risen upon thee That is, upon Zion-Jerusalem. The light falls upon her, not for her sake alone, but for all man-kind. This vision is welcome... read more