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Isaiah 60:4
Lift up thine eyes round about and see: All they gather themselves together, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
Lift up thine eyes round about and see: All they gather themselves together, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
Verse Isaiah 60:4. _SHALL BE NURSED AT THY SIDE_ - "Shall be carried at the side."] For תאמנה _teamanah, shall be nursed_, the _Septuagint_ and _Chaldee_ read תנשאנה _tinnasenah, shall be carried_. A...
LIFT UP THINE EYES - Jerusalem is here addressed as a female with eyes cast down from grief. She is directed to lift them up, and to see the great multitudes that were flocking to her. Wherever she co...
CHAPTER 60 The Glory Chapter: The Morning of a New Age and Its Blessing 1. _The light and glory has come (Isaiah 60:1) _ 2. _The darkness before the morning (Isaiah 60:2) _ 3. The conversion of the G...
THE GLORIES OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. This, with Isaiah 61 f., is marked by close imitation of the style of 2 Is. ISAIAH 60:1. The prophet, taking for his standpoint the fulfilment of his prediction, pic...
ALL THEY, &C. This is still future. SONS... DAUGHTERS. These are not Gentiles therefore, but true Israelites (Jeremiah 31:10). Compare Ezekiel 34:11. NURSED, &C. Carried on the shoulders. So Chaldee...
_shall be nursed at_thy _side_ Rather, SHALL BE NURSED ON THE SIDE, i.e. carried on the hip, the Eastern mode of carrying young children. Cf. ch. Isaiah 66:12; Isaiah 49:22. The idea, therefore, is th...
In this and the two following strophes two things are closely associated: the restoration of Zion's banished children, and the influx of wealth from all parts of the world. The first half of Isaiah 60...
IX. ZIONTHE ZENITH, Chapter S 60 - 66 A. REWARD OF ZION, WEALTH OF THE NATIONS CHAPTER 60 1. GLORY TEXT: Isaiah 60:1-7 1 Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon...
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. LIFT UP THINE EYES ROU...
60:4 side. (g-30) i.e. 'the hip.'...
1. The light of deliverance so long waited for (Isaiah 59:9) is about to shine. This prophecy received its highest fulfilment at the coming of Christ, the true Light of the world, which was followed b...
Cp. Isaiah 49:18. ALL THEY GATHER THEMSELVES] i.e. the exiles who had been dispersed. NURSED.. SIDE] i.e. carried on the hip, in the Eastern fashion....
The ‘sons’ and ‘daughters’ refer to the families from *Jerusalem which were in *exile. Now the *Lord makes it possible for them to return home. This continues the word picture in Isaiah 49:17-21....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 60 NEW *JERUSALEM WILL BE SPLENDID V1 ‘Rise, *Jerusalem, and shine like...
LIFT UP THINE EYES... — Repeated from Isaiah 49:18. THY DAUGHTERS SHALL BE NURSED AT THY SIDE... — Asin Isaiah 66:12, the words point to the Eastern custom of carrying young children on the hip of th...
שְׂאִֽי ־סָבִ֤יב עֵינַ֨יִךְ֙ וּ רְאִ֔י כֻּלָּ֖ם...
CHAPTER XXIV SALVATION IN SIGHT Isaiah 60:1 THE deliverance from Babylon has long been certain, since chapter 48; all doubts in the way of Return have been removed, Isaiah 49:1 through Isaiah 52:12;...
THE LORD GLORIFIES HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 60:1-14 From this chapter and onward, the prophet predicts the glories of the restored Hebrew people. In a secondary sense, they are also true of the Church, for...
In this and the next two Chapter s, we have a glorious description of the ultimate realization of the purposes of God. It commences with a declaration of the material prosperity of the people describe...
Lift up thy eyes around, and see: all (d) they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at [thy] side. (d) An infinite number fro...
_Rise up. St. Jerome, "suck," as the Hebrew may imply. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "shall be carried on the shoulders." (Haydock) --- This may refer to the captives and to the Church._...
What a blessed and soul-reviving thought is it, amidst the melancholy prospect all around, of sin and sorrow, in the present miserable state of things, that the kingdom of Jesus is neither weak nor sm...
4._Lift up thine eyes round about. _By a variety of expressions he confirms that promise of the restoration of the Church which appeared to be altogether incredible. Nor was it easy to convince the Je...
Chapter 60 gives us the condition and the glory of Jerusalem in that time of blessing: all of the people thus spared would be righteous....
LIFT UP THINE EYES ROUND ABOUT, AND SEE,.... The Gentiles and kings coming to Christ and his church; the vast number of converts flocking from all parts of the world to join themselves to the church o...
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at [thy] side. Ver. 4. _Lift up thine...
_Lift up thine eyes round about_ Or, in a circle, into all parts of the earth. He seems to refer to the apostles and disciples, with their successors, carrying the gospel into all quarters of the worl...
1-8 As far as we have the knowledge of God in us, and the favour of God towards us, our light is come. And if God's glory is seen upon us to our honour, we ought, not only with our lips, but in our l...
LIFT UP THINE EYES ROUND ABRUPT; or in a circle; into all parts of the earth: it seems to relate to the apostles and disciples, with their successors, carrying the gospel into all parts of the world....
Isaiah 60:4 up H5375 (H8798) eyes H5869 around H5439 see H7200 (H8798) together H6908 (H8738) come...
‘Lift up your eyes round about and see, They all gather themselves together, they come to you, Yours sons will come from far, And your daughters will be nursed on the side, Then you will see and b...
The subject of this chapter is, «The glory of the Church in the abundant access of the Gentiles, and the great blessings after a short affliction.» Isaiah 60:1. _Arise, shine; for thy light is come,...
This is a chapter full of good news, a prophecy of the bright days that are yet to come to this dark world. These dull days are not to last for ever. The reign of wickedness will come to an end, and e...
Isaiah 60:1. _Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall aris...
CONTENTS: The Deliverer out of Zion and the peace and joy of His coming. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: When the Redeemer shall appear in glory to be received as the Light of Israel, the knowl...
This chapter contains the full cup of consolation given to Zion, after all her woes and long afflictions in the dark ages of the church. But it is, as Matthew Henry judiciously observes, “the gospel c...
_Lift up thine eyes round about_ THE GENTILES GATHERED I. THE GATHERING OF THE GENTILES TO ZION. From every quarter--from far--from beyond the sea. With all the forces. II. ZION’S EMOTIONS. She see...
_Arise, shine; for thy light is come_ THE GLORY OF SPIRITUAL ISRAEL Having repeatedly and fully shown that the national pro-eminence of Israel was not to be perpetual, that the loss of it was the na...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 60:4 LIFT UP YOUR EYES. Believers can expect to see many new believers entering Zion (see Isaiah 43:5;...
THE DAWNING OF GOD’S LIGHT, AND ITS AWAKENING CALL Isaiah 60:1. _Arise, shine, for thy light is come, &c._ We ourselves are a part fulfilment of this prophecy. It is Israel’s God we worship, &c. The...
SECTION VII. THE GLORIES OF THE RESTORED JERUSALEM (Isaiah 60:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 60:1 A SONG OF...
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, a...
Acts 13:44; Galatians 3:28; Galatians 3:29; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:18