Isaiah 66:22-23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 66:15-24

These verses, like the pillar of cloud and fire, have a dark side towards the enemies of God's kingdom and all that are rebels against his crown, and a bright side towards his faithful loyal subjects. Probably they refer to the Jews in captivity in Babylon, of whom some are said to have been sent thither for their hurt, and with them God here threatens to proceed in his controversy; they hated to be reformed, and therefore should be ruined by the calamity (Jer. 24:9); others were sent thither... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:22

For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make ,.... Not "have made"; for this is not to be understood of the heavens and the earth made new in the beginning, and which continue so without any change or alteration; though sometimes the perpetuity of the church, which is here predicted, is set forth by the duration of those, Psalm 89:36 but either of the new state of things under the Gospel dispensation, which still continues, promised Isaiah 65:15 , or rather, since that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:23

And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another ,.... Or, "from month in its months" F17 מדי חודש בחדשו "a tempore mensis in mense ejus"; Montanus; "de mense in mensem suum", Forerius. , The Targum is, "in the time of the beginning of the "month in its month";' that is, in every day of the month; or rather every month: and from one sabbath to another ; the form of expressions the same as before; and in like manner paraphrased in the Targum; and signifies... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:15-24

The manifestation of Jehovah. I. IT IS A MANIFESTATION IN FIRE . Very common is the representation of this coming by or in the element of fire. Its associations are of judgment , vengeance—devouring fire ( Psalms 50:3 ). So it is associated with the pestilence ( Habakkuk 2:5 ). It consumes God's enemies ( Psalms 97:3 ). Nor can we deny that such representations do in part enter into Christianity ( 2 Thessalonians 1:8 ; Hebrews 10:27 ; 2 Peter 3:7 ; cf. also ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:19-23

A vision of the future. From these verses, which present us with a glowing vision of future triumph and blessedness, we learn— I. THAT GOD MAY CALL US TO UNWELCOME BUT EXCELLENT SERVICE . The Jews could not have anticipated, nor would they have desired, such a disposition of themselves, and such a use of their powers as is indicated in the nineteenth verse. It was strange to their thought, alien to their sympathy. Yet it was a most admirable service, with which they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:19-24

THE FINAL CONDITION OF THE CHURCH OF THE REDEEMED ON EARTH . When the enemies of God have been consumed, there shall go out from the Church missionaries, who shall convert the distant Gentiles, and unite them, and the Jews who dwell among them, into a single body of worshippers, which shall inhabit the new Jerusalem on equal terms, and join continually in a common worship of Jehovah. The awful destruction of the wicked, and their eternal sufferings, shall at the same time... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:22

.— As the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain . The "new heavens and the new earth," once created, continue for ever (comp. Revelation 21:1-27 ; Revelation 22:1-5 ). So shall your seed and your name remain. This statement is usually taken to be a promise of some special pre-eminence to the Jew over the Gentile in the final kingdom of the redeemed. But St. Paul speaks of all such privileges as already abolished in his day ( Colossians 3:11 ); and, if the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:22-24

Eternal suffering and eternal glory. Holy Scripture sets before us,. as Moses set before the people of Israel in the wilderness, a tremendous alternative—"life and death;" one the eternal foil and counterpart of the other, with the exhortation a thousand times repeated in a thousand different forms—"Choose life" ( Deuteronomy 30:19 ). Man's desire is to separate what God has inseparably connected, and to retain "everlasting life," "eternal glory," " endless bliss," but to get rid... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:23

From one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another . Not that "new moons" and "sabbaths" will continue to be observed, for "new moons" have already lapsed, and "sabbaths" too will lapse when life is one perpetual sabbath passed in the worship of God. The phrase, used by the prophet is intended to express absolute continuance without an interval. Shall all flesh come to worship before me (comp. Psalms 65:2 ). The prophet still uses habitual modes of expression, though... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:23

The universal worship. "From one sabbath to another, shall an flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord." I. IN MEETING TOGETHER FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP WE FOLLOW THE NATURAL IMPULSE OF OUR OWN HEARTS , AS WELL AS OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF OUR GOD . To look up and pray is one of the most original and essential impulses of humanity, one of the commonest characteristics of the race. Prayer is properly associated with the whole circle of our... read more

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