Isaiah 42:10-13

10-13. Sing… a new song On this marvellous unseen religious development which is to fill the whole earth, God calls for jubilation. The “new things” furnish the impulse for a “new song.” This means not only fresh praise but a fresh occasion for it. The whole world of the heathen are summoned to join in it.

Standing on some Palestinian eminence, the prophet’s eye sweeps the circle of the earth lands to the far east, and waters to the west and south.

Ye that go down to the sea The Red Sea on the south, and the Mediterranean on the west.

The isles, and the inhabitants thereof These take in all the populous western shores; the beautiful shephelah, or plains stretching in length from Carmel to the South Land, and in width to the foot hills of the Palestinian range.

The wilderness and the cities thereof These are the vast steppes eastward, yet to be ideally more blooming, (Isaiah 35:1,) and to become hospitable tracts for towns and cities, like oases and great river valleys.

Kedar This includes the wild Ishmaelites, and their peaceful civilization is implied.

All these are summoned to lift, with grand good will, their voices in praise of the forthcoming renovation of mankind. The strong imagery of Isaiah 42:10 indicates that the things predicted are the ultimate sure triumphs of the Gospel in all the earth. God, in his almightiness, pledges it. Time is never noted, but all shall come to pass in his own time. Non-infringement of the free human will is the divine principle of action, and this necessitates time on and for the human side. The promise as to extent of renovation has no limit, either in amplitude or completeness.