ISAIAH CHAPTER 35 The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom, ISAIAH 35:1,2. The weak he strengthens and comforts, ISAIAH 35:3,4. His miracles, ISAIAH 35:5,6. The prosperity and peace of his people, ISAIAH 35:7. And as the land of God's enemies, which was exceeding fruitful, shall be turned into a d... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY OF LEBANON SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO IT, THE EXCELLENCY OF CARMEL AND SHARON; the wilderness shall be as pleasant and fruitful as Lebanon, and Carmel, and Sharon; which were eminent parts of the land of Canaan, as hath been oft noted. THEY, who are understood by the wilderness, SHALL SEE THE GLO... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye prophets and ministers of God, comfort and encourage God's people, who are now ready to faint, with hopes and assurance of that salvation which, in due time, I will work for them. He mentions HANDS and KNEES, because the strength and weakness of any man eminently appears in those parts.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR GOD WILL COME; though he seem to be absent, and departed from you, he will come to you, and abide with you. He will shortly come in the flesh. For although this and the following promises may be metaphorically taken, concerning the temporal deliverance of his people from Babylonian and other op... [ Continue Reading ]
The most ignorant and stupid creatures shall be forced to acknowledge the wonderful works of God. Or rather thus, The poor Gentiles, who before were blind and deaf, shall now have the eyes and ears of their minds opened to see God's works, and to hear and receive his word. And in token hereof, many... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL THE LAME MAN LEAP for joy, or go nimbly and readily. And this clause also, and that which follows, are to he understood both spiritually and literally, as in the former verse. IN THE WILDERNESS SMALL WATERS BREAK OUT, AND STREAMS IN THE DESERT; the most dry and barren places shall be made... [ Continue Reading ]
Those dry and parched deserts, in which dragons have their abode, shall yield abundance of grass, and reeds, and rushes, which grow only in moist grounds, JOB 8:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE, AND A WAY: THE HIGHWAY and the way are not to be taken for two different ways, but for one and the same way, even a causey or cast-way, which is both raised ground, as the first Hebrew word signifies, and a way; both signifying a convenient, prepared, plain, and common roa... [ Continue Reading ]
It shall not only be a plain, but a safe way, free from all annoyance or danger from mischievous creatures. This is the same promise, for substance, with that ISAIAH 11:9, THEY SHALL NOT HURT NOR DESTROY IN ALL MY HOLY MOUNTAIN.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD; they whom God shall rescue and redeem from their corporal slavery in Babylon, and especially from their spiritual bondage under sin and Satan. SHALL RETURN, AND COME TO ZION; shall come again to Zion, from whence they had been carried away captive. Or, _shall return_, to wi... [ Continue Reading ]