Isaiah 66:7-13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 66:11

With the abundance of her glory "From her abundant stores" - For מזיז mizziz , from the splendor, two MSS. and the old edition of 1488, have מזיו mizziv ; and the latter ז zain is upon a rasure in three other MSS. It is remarkable that Kimchi and Sal. ben Melec, not being able to make any thing of the word as it stands in the text, say it means the same with מזיו mizziv ; that is, in effect, they admit of a various reading, or an error in the text. But as Vitringa observes,... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 66:12

Like a river, and - like a flowing stream "Like the great river, and like the overflowing stream" - That is, the Euphrates, (it ought to have been pointed כנהר cannahar , ut fluvius ille , as the river), and the Nile. Then shall ye suck "And ye shall suck at the breast" - These two words שד על al shad , at the breast, seem to have been omitted in the present text, from their likeness to the two words following; צד על al tsad , at the side. A very probable conjecture of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:5-14

THE GODLY EXILES ENCOURAGED . The scoffs which have long greeted those who believed God's promises and expected the restoration of Zion, will be put to shame. The silence in which Zion has lain will be broken; she will be once more a city "full of stirs, a tumultuous city" ( Isaiah 22:2 ). Suddenly, without any pains of travail, she will bring forth; and her offspring will be "a nation born at once" ( Isaiah 66:8 ). The godly exiles are called upon to rejoice at the prospect ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:6-9

The enemies of Jehovah and his people. I. HE IS HEARD FROM HIS TEMPLE . With "a sound of uproar, a sound from the temple." He is issuing forth to render their deserts to his foes. "He will render to every man according to his deserts" is a great leading word in religion. God must be feared as well as loved—nay, cannot be truly loved unless feared. From that same seat whence go forth the sweet sounds of reconciliation, the sound of the gospel's silver trumpet, go forth the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:7-8

Before she travailed , etc. Without any long delay, without any labour pains, Zion will bring forth a man-child—a whole nation, which wilt be born at once, and not grow up by slow degrees. The occupation of Jerusalem by the great body of the returned exiles ( Ezra 2:1 ; Ezra 3:1 ) is intended. Such a second birth of a nation was strange, and without precedent (comp. Isaiah 42:9 ; Isaiah 43:19 ). Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? rather, can a land be brought... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:9

Shall I bring to the birth , etc.? i.e. "Should I arrange all the preliminary circumstances for the restoration of my people, and stop there?" (Cheyne). Nay, should I, having done so much, interpose at the last moment, to shut the womb? Without such interposition, matters have progressed so far, that the result must come. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:10

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem … all ye that love her . The call to rejoicing is general. Restored Jerusalem is to be hailed with joy "by all who love her," whether her own children or foreigners. To both she will be a blessing ( Isaiah 66:11-13 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:10-14

The blessedness of the restored Church. The restored Church is to Isaiah the Church that will endure from the return of the captives to the end of the world. The later Jewish period and the entire Christian period are with him blended into one, and present themselves to him as constituting a single phase of the Church's life. Here he speaks to encourage the exiles, and dwells especially, though not exclusively, on the immediate blessings. I. THE CHURCH WILL TEACH HER ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:10-14

Sympathy with the Church's joy. I. SYMPATHY SHOULD BE FELT WITH THE PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH . Zion stands for the Church of the ages; in her weal is wrapped up the weal of the world. If we love humanity, we love the institution created for the good and salvation of humanity. Every revival of religion at home, every fresh conquest in the fields of heathendom, affords fresh occasion of such joy. "Those who have no true joy when souls are born into the kingdom of God; when... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:11

That ye may suck . Restored Jerusalem will be as a mother to all who love her, to all who have mourned for her when she lay as it were dead ( 1 Samuel 15:35 ; 2 Samuel 14:2 ). She will have "milk" to give to all—"the sincere milk of the Word" ( 1 Peter 2:2 )—and from her both Jew and Gentile will "suck out no small advantage" ( Psalms 73:10 ). She will also impart to them from the abundance of her glory. read more

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