Isaiah 65:18

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 65:17-25

If these promises were in part fulfilled when the Jews, after their return out of captivity, were settled in peace in their own land and brought as it were into a new world, yet they were to have their full accomplishment in the gospel church, militant first and at length triumphant. The Jerusalem that is from above is free and is the mother of us all. In the graces and comforts which believers have in and from Christ we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. It is in the gospel that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:18

But be you glad, and rejoice for ever in that which I create ,.... This may refer either to persons converted, both at the beginning of the Gospel, and in the latter day, whether Jews or Gentiles; who are the Lord's creation, or new creatures, being made new men; having new hearts and spirits given them, or created within them; new principles of life, light, grace, and holiness, wrought in them, which are the produce of almighty and creating power; and all such instances are matter of joy,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:18

Rejoice for ever in that which I create "Exult in the age to come which I create" - So in Isaiah 9:5 ; עד אבי abi ad , πατηρ του μελλοντος αιωνος , "the father of the age to come," Sept. See Bishop Chandler, Defence of Christianity, p. 136. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:17-25

A PROMISE OF NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH . The final answer of God to the complaint and prayer of his people ( Isaiah 64:1-12 .) is now given. The entire existing state of things is to pass away. God will create a new heaven and a new earth, and place his people therein; and the old conditions will be all changed, and the old grounds of complaint disappear. In the "new Jerusalem" there will be no sorrow, neither "weeping" nor "crying" ( Isaiah 65:19 ); life will be greatly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:17-25

The new creation. It is difficult to harmonize the various passages of Scripture which touch on "the new creation." In one place ( Acts 3:21 ) it is called an ἀποκατάτασις , in another ( Matthew 19:23 ) a παιγγενεσία . Sometimes its scene appears to be the present world purified ( Isaiah 2:2-4 ); sometimes an entirely new world created for the habitation of God's people ( Isaiah 65:17 , Isaiah 65:18 ). Perhaps the best explanation is that of Delitzsch, that there are to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:17-25

The new creation. It seems that the leading thought of the prophet is the transformation of nature in harmony with the changed nature of man. Its grandeur needs not to be pointed out. Ordinarily, indeed, we think of man's dependence on nature. If the thought be pushed to its limits, it ends in materialism. Spiritual religion, on the contrary, sees in the changes of nature a human pathos; its waste and desolation the effect of human sin, of violated Divine laws; its flourishing aspect and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:18

I create Jerusalem (comp. Revelation 21:2 , "I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven , prepared as a bride adorned for her husband"). The description which follows in Isaiah 65:11 , Isaiah 65:12 is quite unlike that of the old Jerusalem. A rejoicing. The "new Jerusalem" was to be from the first all joy and rejoicing—a scene of perpetual gladness. Her people also was to be "a joy" or "a delight," since God would delight in them ( Isaiah... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:18

But be ye glad and rejoice - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:11).Forever - It is not to be momentary happiness - like a bright morning that is soon overcast with clouds. The joy of God’s people is to endure for ever, and they shall have ceaseless cause of praise and thanksgiving.I create Jerusalem a rejoicing - A source of rejoicing; or a place of rejoicing.And her people a joy - That is, in themselves joyful, and a source of joy to all others. The idea is, that the church would be a place of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 65:17-19

Isaiah 65:17-19. For behold, I create new heavens, &c. I will tell you yet a more admirable thing: I am about wholly to change the state, not only of my people, freeing them from the afflictions and troubles by which they have been oppressed, but also of the world, bringing a new face upon it; sending my Son to institute a new economy and worship, and raise up a new church; and pouring out my Spirit in a more plentiful manner; which new state shall continue until a new heaven and a new... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:17-25

A new creation (65:17-25)Israel’s condition in the time of the prophet is then contrasted with conditions in the new Jerusalem, the kingdom of the Messiah. That kingdom is not an improved version of the old Israelite kingdom, but is something entirely new. It is a new creation, where the quality of life will be different from that of the present world. Sorrow will be replaced by rejoicing. Life will not be cut short except where God acts in judgment (17-20).In the new creation people will have... read more

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