CHAPTER 60 THE TRIUMPH OF THE SEED OF THE REDEEMER. The coming of the Redeemer is to result in an everlasting kingdom. This chapter encompasses within it the shining of God's light in the darkness (Isaiah 60:1) which Isaiah 9:2 reveals as indicating the coming of the great son of David, something fu... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Arise, shine, for your light is come And the glory of Yahweh is risen on you, For behold darkness will cover the earth (or ‘land'), And gross darkness the peoples, But Yahweh will rise on you, And his glory will be seen on you.' We find here an echo of Isaiah 8:22 to Isaiah 9:2. Here we have a... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.' The result of the coming of Yahweh's light in the child Who is to be born, and in the coming of the Servant of Isaiah 50:3; Isaiah 52:13 to Isaiah 53:12 (see Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6), and of the response of His peop... [ Continue Reading ]
‘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 be lightened, And your heart will tremble and be enlarged, Because the abundance of the sea will be... [ Continue Reading ]
‘The multitude of camels will cover you, The dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, They will all come from Sheba, They will bring gold and frankincense, And will bring good tidings of the praises of Yahweh. All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you, The rams of Nebaioth will serve yo... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Who are these who fly as the clouds, And as the doves to their windows (openings in the dovecotes). Surely the isles (coastlands) will wait for me, And the ships of Tarshish first, To bring your sons from far, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of Yahweh your God, And for th... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And strangers (literally ‘the sons of the stranger') will build up your walls, And their kings will serve you, For in my wrath I smote you, But in my favour I have had mercy on you. Your gates will be open continually, They will not be shut, day nor night, That men may bring to you the wealth... [ Continue Reading ]
‘The glory of Lebanon will come to you, The fir tree, the pine and the box tree together, To beautify the place of my sanctuary (‘my place of holiness'), And I will make the place of my feet glorious. The point here is that just as Solomon's Temple was built from the trees of Lebanon so will it b... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the sons of those who afflicted you, Will come bending to you, And all those who despised you, Will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet, And they will call you ‘the city of Yahweh', The Zion of the holy One of Israel.' Again we note that the subservience is due to what the city i... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, So that no man passed through you, I will make you an everlasting excellency, A joy of many generations. You will also suck the milk of the nations, And you will suck the breast of kings, And you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Saviour, And your re... [ Continue Reading ]
‘For bronze I will bring gold, And for iron I will bring silver, And for wood, bronze, And for stones, iron. I will also make your officers peace, And your exactors (taskmasters) righteousness, Violence will no more be heard in your land, Desolation or destruction within your borders, But yo... [ Continue Reading ]
‘The sun will no more be your light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give light to you, But Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, And your God your glory. Your sun shall no more go down, Nor will your moon withdraw itself, For Yahweh will be your everlasting light, And the days... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Your people also will be all righteous, They will inherit the land for ever, The branch of my planting, the work of my hands, That I may be glorified. The little one will become a thousand, And the small one a strong nation, I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.' And this will be reflected i... [ Continue Reading ]