Isaiah 65:17-25

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 65:17

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth ,.... This prophecy began to have its accomplishment in the first times of the Gospel, when through the preaching of it there was a new face of things appeared in Judea, and in the Gentile world, so that the whole looked like a new world; and this was all the effect of creating power, of the mighty, powerful, and efficacious grace of God attending the word, to the conversion of many souls; a new church state was formed, consisting of persons... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:19

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people ,.... God himself rejoices in his people, as they are considered in Christ; so he did from all eternity, and so he does at the conversion of them; which is the day of their espousals, and when he manifests his love to them, and rejoices over them to do them good, and continues to do so; and he rejoices in the exercise of his own grace in them, and will do so throughout the New Jerusalem state, and to all eternity. This seems chiefly to... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:21

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them ,.... In Jerusalem, and other parts of Judea: though this need not be limited to the Jews, but be considered as reaching to all the Lord's people, the Gentiles also; who will be in no fear of enemies, or ever be disturbed by them, but shall dwell in their own houses peaceably and quietly; this is the reverse of what is threatened to the wicked, Deuteronomy 28:30 , and they shall plant vineyards , and eat the fruit of them; they shall both... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:22

They shall not build, and another inhabit ,.... As the Canaanites did, whose houses the Israelites inhabited; but they shall inhabit the houses they have built, and shall not be dispossessed by an enemy: they shall not plant, and another eat ; the fruit of the vines, olives, fig trees, or others, planted by them: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people ; not as of a leaf which falls every year, but as of a tree, and as of such that last long, as oaks, cedars, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:23

They shall not labour in vain ,.... As they do, who build houses, and enemies come and turn them out of them, and dwell in them themselves; or who plant vineyards, and sow their fields, and strangers come and devour them; or they are smitten with blasting and mildew: nor bring forth for trouble ; for death, as the Targum; or for a curse, as the Septuagint: the tense is, they shall not beget and bring forth children, that shall immediately die by some distemper or another, or be taken off... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:24

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer ,.... The sense is, should they be attacked by any enemy, or fear that they shall be disturbed by them, and so bethink themselves of making application to the Lord for help; while they are preparing for prayer, stirring up one another to it, and appointing a season for it, to meet together on that account; before they are able to put up one petition in a regular way, the Lord will appear for them, and give an answer of peace: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together ,.... Or, "as one" F11 כאחד "sicut unus", Montanus, Musculus, Gataker. : as if they were one, of the same kind and nature, and lived upon the same food. The people of God are comparable to lambs, for their harmlessness and innocence; and wicked men to wolves, for their fierceness and cruelty; but, by the grace of God, the latter become as mild and as gentle as the former, and live upon the same spiritual food, and join with them in attendance... read more

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