George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 62:11
CHAPTER LXII.
Work the redemption of mankind. (Haydock) --- Though Cyrus was a figure of Christ, he was as much beneath him as earth is below heaven, Zacharias ix. 9. (Calmet)
CHAPTER LXII.
Work the redemption of mankind. (Haydock) --- Though Cyrus was a figure of Christ, he was as much beneath him as earth is below heaven, Zacharias ix. 9. (Calmet)
Verse Isaiah 62:11. _UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD_] אל קצה הארץ _el ketseh_ _haarets_ - Instead of אל _el, to_, עד ad, UNTO, is the reading of two of _Kennicott's_ MSS.; and one of mine has מקצה _mikkets...
BEHOLD THE LORD HATH PROCLAIMED - Proclamation is made to all nations that Yahweh is about to come and rescue his people. SAY YE TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION - To Jerusalem (see the notes at Isaiah 1:8)....
CHAPTER 62 Zion's Glory 1. _He will not rest (Isaiah 62:1) _ 2. _The new names (Isaiah 62:2) _ 3. _The intercession and the answer (Isaiah 62:6) _ 4. The accomplishment at hand ...
ISAIAH 62:6 F. Yahweh has appointed heavenly beings as an invisible guard of Jerusalem: their duty ever to sound in His ears, till its fulfilment, His promise to make her a renown in the earth. ISAIA...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech. _Asterismos_. App-6. WORLD. Hebrew earth. Hebrew. _'eretz._ WORK. recompense....
Announcement of the return of the exiles. The passage resembles ch. Isaiah 48:20 ff., Isaiah 52:11 f.; and at first sight it seems to imply that no exodus from Babylon has as yet taken place. This ind...
_Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world_ Cf. ch. Isaiah 48:20. There redeemed Israel is enjoined to declare to all the world the great salvation it has experienced; here Jehovah Hi...
DISCOURSE: 1011 RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Isaiah 62:10. Go through, go through the gates: prepare ye the way of the people: cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for th...
BEHOLD, THE LORD HATH PROCLAIMED— The scheme of this passage is so formed, that to the people of God, dispersed through all nations in a time of public affliction and persecution, the _voice of the Lo...
3. NEW NATURE TEXT: Isaiah 62:10-12 10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples. 1...
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. SAY YE TO THE DAU...
62:11 recompence (a-30) Or 'work.'...
1. The speaker is probably Jehovah Himself. HOLD MY PEACE] cp. Isaiah 42:14. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. her vindication, the setting of her right in the eyes of the world (cp. Isaiah 58:8). SALVATION] i....
HIS REWARD, etc.] see on Isaiah 40:10. WORK] RV 'recompence.'...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 62 *JERUSALEM’S NEW NAME V1 I will not be silent about *Jerusalem. Nor...
THE LORD HATH PROCLAIMED... — A partial fulfilment of the words is found in the decree of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1); but they have also a wider range, and take in all the events by which history becomes as the...
הִנֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה הִשְׁמִ֨יעַ֙ אֶל ־קְצֵ֣ה הָ א
THE LAND OF BEULAH Isaiah 62:1-12 _The Intercessor_, Isaiah 62:1-4. Messiah is speaking here. Throughout the ages, He ever lives to make intercession. He asks that His Church may be one, that the hea...
Having thus dealt with the material prosperity, and with the spiritual realization, the prophet now describes in greater detail the vocational fulfilment. Speaking as in the midst of circumstances of...
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed to the end of the world, (m) Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and (n) his work before him. (m) You proph...
The gospel way is a high way, and was all along to be so marked; and the Lord promised that it should be so plain, that the way faring men, though fools, should not err therein; Isaiah 35:8. And the c...
11._Behold, Jehovah hath, proclaimed. _He means that the Lord, by acting miraculously and beyond the judgment or expectation of the flesh, will cause all the nations to know that this is done by his c...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 61 AND 62. As Chapter s 50-53 presented Christ in His sufferings, chapter 61 exhibits Him in the full grace of His Person concerned in the blessing of Israel....
BEHOLD, THE LORD HATH PROCLAIMED UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD,.... This is not to be interpreted of the proclamation by Cyrus, giving liberty to the people of the Jews to return to their own land, for th...
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work before him. Ver. 11. _Behold,...
_The Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world_ Hath commanded his gospel to be preached _to every creature:_ or hath sent forth his messengers into all parts of the world, in order to the conver...
Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, so that all nations could hear the glorious message, SAY YE TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, BEHOLD, THY SALVATION COMETH, namely, in the person of...
ZION THE BRIDE OF JEHOVAH. The prophecy concerning the glory of Zion's perfection here reaches the highest point of exaltation: _ the congregation of the redeemed as the bride and spouse of the Lord....
WORK: Or, recompense...
10-12 Way shall be made for Christ's salvation; all difficulties shall be removed. He brings a reward of comfort and peace with him; but a work of humiliation and reformation before him; and they sha...
THE LORD HATH PROCLAIMED: this may be understood of Cyrus's proclamation, being thereunto directed by God: see 2 CHRONICLES 36:22, &c. TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, i.e. to Jerusalem, or the church: the su...
Isaiah 62:11 LORD H3068 proclaimed H8085 (H8689) end H7097 world H776 Say H559 (H8798) daughter H1323 Zion...
ISAIAH CALLS ON HIS FOLLOWERS TO BE WATCHMEN AND PREPARERS OF THE WAY (ISAIAH 62:6). These words probably to be seen as the words of Isaiah, although they could till be the words of the Anointed One....
CONTENTS: Restoration of Israel to God's favor, and honor with the nations. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Israel's full salvation is sure to come when they are regathered and their Redeemer r...
Isaiah 62:1. _For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace._ The Redeemer speaks by his prophet; the zeal of his Father's house absorbed his soul. He imparted his Spirit to the apostles; they could not be...
_Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world_ WHO IS THIS? (with Isaiah 63:1):--As in God’s immediate dealingswith men we usually see the Son of God most manifest, this passage may fit...
_Go through, go through the gates_ THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS I. THE GLORIOUS EVENT TO BE PROCLAIMED (Isaiah 62:11). When the Divine Spirit would attract special attention to any subject, He prefixe...
ACTIVE ZEAL IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL Isaiah 62:10. _Go through, go through the gates, &c._ I. THE GENERAL ORDERS OF OUR GREAT LEADER. 1. _The general order._ The Church is considered under the figure...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 62:1 FURTHER GRACIOUS PROMISES MADE TO ISRAEL BY "THE SERVANT." Some regard the speaker in this chapter as Jehovah; some as the prophet, or the prophetical order; some as "the Serva...
In chapter 62, God continues to speak of the restoration of Israel. For Zion's sake [that is, Jerusalem] will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness th...
Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 49:4; John 12:15; Mark 16:15;...
Zion — To Jerusalem, or the church. Thy salvation — Thy saviour. Reward — The reward due to the work....