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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 63:7-14

The prophet is here, in the name of the church, taking a review, and making a thankful recognition, of God's dealings with his church all along, ever since he founded it, before he comes, in the latter end of this chapter and in the next, as a watchman upon the walls, earnestly to pray to God for his compassion towards her in her present deplorable state; and it was usual for God's people, in their prayers, thus to look back. I. Here is a general acknowledgment of God's goodness to them all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:7

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord ,.... These are the words of the prophet, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; who, having heard what the Lord would do for his church and people in later times, by avenging them on their enemies, calls to mind the favours bestowed on Israel of old; and determines to make mention of them, and put the saints in mind of them, as types, earnests, and pledges of what would be done for them; and to encourage their faith and hope in the performance of what... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:7

I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord - The prophet connects the preceding mercies of God to the Jews with the present prospect he has of their redemption by the Messiah; thus making a circle in which eternal goodness revolves. The remaining part of this chapter, with the whole chapter following, contains a penitential confession and supplication of the Israelites in their present state of dispersion, in which they have so long marvellously subsisted, and still continue to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:7

I will mention ; or, celebrate . The loving-kindnesses; or, mercies (see Isaiah 55:3 ; and comp. Psalms 89:1 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:7

The Lord's loving-kindnesses. The great goodness seen in the return of the exiles from Babylon helped to a right apprehension of the goodness of God ' to his people all down through the long ages. Dean Stanley eloquently describes the return. "The restoration was an event which, unlikely and remote as it might have seemed, was deemed almost a certainty in the expectation of the exiles. The confidence of Jeremiah and Ezekiel never flagged that within two generations from the beginning of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:7-9

An outburst of thanksgiving. A deep heart-effusion, in which all that the religious imagination, inspired by love, can suggest, is projected upon the picture of Jehovah, the redeeming God of Israel. I. HIS LOVING - KINDNESS . (Cf. Isaiah 55:3 ; and the Hebrew word in Isaiah 63:7 ; Psalms 89:28-49 ; Psalms 107:43 ; Lamentations 3:22 .) The word ( הֶסֶד ) suggests a world of love. When used of men it implies pity , benignity , especially in circumstances of ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:7-9

The greatness of God's goodness. There is music in the sound and great comfort in the sense of these exquisite words. They speak to us of— I. THE GREATNESS OF GOD 'S GOODNESS TO US . 1 . The bountifulness of his gifts to us . "All that the Lord hath bestowed on us." "The multitude of his loving-kindnesses." His gifts night and day, in every season, through every stage of life; all material for the body, all stores of knowledge for the mind, all wealth of affection for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:7-14

SECTION X.— AN ADDRESS OF THE EXILES TO GOD , INCLUDING THANKSGIVING , CONFESSION OF SIN , AND SUPPLICATION ( Isaiah 63:7 -64.). GOD PRAISED FOR HIS MERCIES . The address opens with pure and simple thanksgiving of the most general kind, God being praised for his loving-kindness, compassion, and sympathy with his people ( Isaiah 63:7-9 ). An historical survey is then commenced, and Israel's shortcomings contrasted with God's mercies, but with a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 63:7

I will mention - This is evidently the language of the people celebrating the praises of God in view of all his mercies in former days. See the analysis to the chapter. The design of what follows, to the close of Isaiah 64:1-12, is to implore the mercy of God in view of their depressed and ruined condition. They are represented as suffering under the infliction of long and continued ills; as cast out and driven to a distant land; as deprived of their former privileges, and as having been long... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 63:7

Isaiah 63:7. “The remaining part of this chapter” says Bishop Lowth, “with the whole chapter following, contains a penitential confession and supplication of the Israelites in their present state of dispersion, in which they have so long marvellously subsisted, and still continue to subsist, as a people; cast out of their country, without any proper form of civil polity or religious worship; their temple destroyed, their city desolated, and lost to them; and their whole nation scattered over... read more

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