Isaiah 65:20

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 65:20

There shall be no more thence an infant of days ,.... That is, there shall no more be carried out from thence, from Jerusalem, or any other place where the church of God is, to the grave, in order to be interred, an infant that has lived but a few days, a very common thing now; but, in the latter day, such instances will be rare, or rather there will be none at all; every child born will live to the age of man, and not be cut off by any premature death, either by any natural disease, or by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:20

Thence "There" - For משם mishsham , thence, the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read שם sham , there. 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 65:20

There shall be no more thence an infant of days; i.e. there shall not go from the new Jerusalem into the unseen world any infant of a few days old. On the contrary, even "the youth" shall reach a hundred; i.e. one who dies when he is a hundred shall be regarded as cut off in his youth. The general rule shall be, that old men shall "fill their days," or attain to patriarchal longevity. Even the sinner, who is under the curse of God, shall not be cut off till he is a hundred. What is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:20

The Christian view of age. These words are not to be taken literally; they are distinctly pictorial, highly hyperbolical; they indicate a state of future blessedness, employing images most likely to be impressive and inspiring at the time of utterance. They may suggest to us the Christian aspect of old age. I. THAT CHRISTIAN LIFE TENDS TO LENGTH OF DAYS , Health, and therefore life, depends most on habit. What shortens life is folly, irregularity, excess, anxiety,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:20

The woe of aged sinners. There are three special periods of life in which men are peculiarly exposed to the power of temptation and sin. Most men that fall, fall either into young men's perils, full-grown, men's indulgences, or old men's sins. A pure, humble, godly old man is one of the noblest sights to be seen under heaven. And by so much as that is beautiful, a godless, characterless, debased old man is a shame and contempt. "A hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:20

There shall be no more thence - The Septuagint, the Syriac, and the Vulgate, read this, ‘There shall not be there.’ The change requires the omission of a single letter in the present Hebrew text, and the sense seems to demand it. The design of the prophet here is, to describe the times of happiness and prosperity which would succeed the calamities under which the nation had been suffering. This he does by a great variety of images, all denoting substantially the same thing. In Isaiah 65:17, the... read more

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