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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 66:6-9

The Birth Of The New Age (Isaiah 66:6-9 ). Isaiah 66:6 ‘A voice of tumult from the city, A voice from the temple, A voice of Yahweh, Which renders recompense to his enemies.’ Before she travailed she brought forth, Before her pain came she was delivered of a man-child, Who has heard such things? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be brought forth at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, She brought forth her children. Shall I bring to the birth, and not... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 66:1-24

Isaiah 66. Here divisions are hard to define. The theme— the coming punishment of the apostates and the coming glory of the pious— is pursued now on one side, now on the other. Isaiah 66:1-Numbers : . An Attack on the Projectors of a Rival Temple.— Those Jews who refused to accept the reformed religion apparently proposed to set up a rival temple. Yahweh scornfully demands of them in what manner of building they would house Him, whose habitation is the universe. These things— a temple and a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 66:7

The whole verse is expressive of a great and sudden salvation, which God would work for his church, like the delivery of a woman, and that of a man child, before her travail, and without pain. The only doubt is, whether it referreth to the deliverance of the people out of Babylon, or the world’s surprisal with the Messiah, and the sudden and strange propagation of the gospel, and it is a question not easily determined. The delivery of the Jews out of Babylon, indeed, was without strugglings or... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 66:8

The prophet calls either to the whole world, or to such as feared God amongst the Jews, to admire God in his stupendous works of providence, either in the easy manner of the deliverance of the Jews out of the captivity of Babylon, without any pain, without so much as one throe; or else in the erecting of his gospel church, into which all the Jews that received Christ were gathered as well as Gentiles, making both one, Ephesians 2:14; which seems to be meant by the earth’s bringing forth in one... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 66:9

The work before spoken of seemeth not after the manner of men, who do things that are great gradually, nor in an ordinary course of nature, whose motions also bring things by degrees to their perfection; but you must consider who it is that speaketh, saith the Lord; now as is the God, so is his strength. Again, men may undertake things, and for want of power not bring them to perfection; but shall I do such a thing? I have by many prophecies and promises secured you in the expectation of such a... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 66:8

TRAVAILING FOR SOULSIsaiah 66:8. As soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth, &c.That we may obtain a clear, comprehensive, and impressive view of the doctrine involved in this declaration, let us inquire—I. What does this travail of the Church imply? Intense prayerful desire for the salvation of souls; a strong and unwavering faith that souls will be saved when the right means are used, &c. Will manifest itself in various ways. The Word of God, and the annals of the Church furnish... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Isaiah 66:7

travailed Isaiah 66:7; Isaiah 66:8. (See Scofield "Isaiah 66:8- :") read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Isaiah 66:8

Travailing for Souls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 1009) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, September 3rd, 1871, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "As soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children." Isaiah 66:8 . ISRAEL had fallen into the lowest condition, but an inward yearning of heart was felt in the midst of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:1-24

Chapter 66Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? ( Isaiah 66:1 )They're going to build a new temple, but God says, "Hey, don't need it." And this is that temple that will probably be built at the covenant of the antichrist. Thus saith the Lord, "The heaven is My throne, the earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build for Me? Where is the place of My rest?"For all... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 66:1-24

Isaiah 66:1 . The heaven is my throne. This chapter applies to Isaiah’s time, as well as to future times; and though the Lord rejected the impure worship of the temple, yet he would dwell with the contrite and with the tremblers at his word. It seems from the connection to import, that God would forsake his sanctuary, and dwell with those who worship him in spirit and in truth. Where is the house that ye build unto me? These words are spoken to designate the grandeur and immensity of the... read more

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