ISAIAH CHAPTER 65 The calling of the Gentiles, ISAIAH 65:1. The Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy, rejected, ISAIAH 65:2. A remnant shall be saved, ISAIAH 65:8. Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly, ISAIAH 65:11. The flourishing and peaceable state of the new Jerusa... [ Continue Reading ]
OLBGrk; I HAVE SPREAD OUT MY HANDS; applied to the Jews, ROMANS 10:21, _I have stretched out my hands_; that is, I have used all probable means to reduce them, I have stretched out the _hands_ of a passionate orator to persuade them, of a _tender mother_ to protect and defend them, of a _liberal ben... [ Continue Reading ]
A PEOPLE THAT PROVOKETH ME TO ANGER: that the Jews are the people here intended is without question; the prophet, speaking of the calling of the Gentiles upon their rejection, reckons up their sins which were the causes. For though their rejecting and crucifying of Christ was that sin which was the... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY REMAINED AMONG THE GRAVES, either there expecting revelations by dreams, or there consulting with devils, who were thought to delight in such places; or to practise necromancy, all which were forbidden, DEUTERONOMY 18:11 ISAIAH 8:19. And they LODGED IN THE MONUMENTS; the Hebrew word here used g... [ Continue Reading ]
Though they were so exceedingly guilty, yet they pretended to a singular sanctity, so as they would not suffer others to come near or touch them. The Samaritans are usually charged with this uncharitableness, and the use of this form of words; but as some do more excuse the Samaritans than the other... [ Continue Reading ]
They may think that I take no notice of these things, or if I take any notice, I will forget them, or at least not enter into judgment with them for them; but I as certainly know and will remember them, as princes or great men that record things in writing which they would not forget. And they shall... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, and when I reckon with them, I will punish them, not only for their personal sins, but for the sins of their parents, which they have testified their approbation of by continuing in them, and so made them their own, by an apish, sinful imitation. WHICH HAVE BURNT INCENSE UPON THE MOUNTAINS: the... [ Continue Reading ]
These words must be conceived as a gracious answer from God to the prophet, saying as Abraham, GENESIS 18:23,25, or as Moses, EXODUS 32:11, pleading God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. To this God replieth that he intended no such severity, the unfaithfulness of men should not make his p... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL BRING FORTH A SEED OUT OF JACOB; no seed beareth a proportion to the tree or plant that it produceth, but in comparison with that is very little; yet it is enough, through the virtue which the God of nature hath put into it, to preserve and uphold the species to which it doth relate. They are... [ Continue Reading ]
SHARON was a place of great fruitfulness for pastures. David's herds were kept there, 1 CHRONICLES 27:29. It was become like a wilderness, ISAIAH 33:9; God here promiseth that it should again be a PLACE FOR THE FLOCKS. JEREMIAH 31:27, God promiseth to sow again the house of Judah _with the seed of m... [ Continue Reading ]
Do not you that are idolaters think that these promises belong to you, YE ARE THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LORD, that is, the way of the Lord; it is a phrase opposed to _a walking with God_. Our walking with God is in the way of his statutes, _forsaking of him_ signifieth a declining or turning aside from... [ Continue Reading ]
You have offended in number, worshipping a multitude, a troop of idols; there shall be a great number of you perish by the sword; or possibly the term NUMBER may refer to all in the next phrase, to let them know that none of them should escape. God saith he will _number them_, tell them out one by o... [ Continue Reading ]
As there are a party amongst you who, instead of serving God, are the servants of men, in complying with idolatry and superstition; so I have some servants amongst you who have distinguished themselves by keeping close to my institutions from the rest of you, I will distinguish them from you in the... [ Continue Reading ]
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_ Your name shall rot_, as PROVERBS 10:7, or only be used when men would curse others, saying, Let them be made like such persons. As the names of Leah and Rachel, RUTH 4:11, and others of God's servants, were used in blessing; so your names shall only be used in _cursing_; or when men will curse th... [ Continue Reading ]
I will bring it to pass, that over all the world, if any man _bless himself_, or bless another, it shall be in God _Amen_. So the Hebrew (we translate it the God of truth). _Amen_ is a name given to Christ, REVELATION 3:14, _These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness_; being here app... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR, BEHOLD, I will tell you yet a more admirable thing, I am about wholly to alter and change the state not only of my people, who are now afflicted, restoring them to a more lightsome state, more free from trouble and afflictions; but I CREATE NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH, bringing a new face upon... [ Continue Reading ]
You that are my people, though you cannot rejoice with that degree of joy that attendeth a present fruition of good; yet be glad, and rejoice with the REJOICING OF HOPE, for the thing is certain what I am already doing. Nor let your present state, or the discouragements you have from seeming improba... [ Continue Reading ]
The nature of joy lying in the satisfaction and. well pleasedness of the soul in the obtaining of the thing it hath willed, agreeth unto God, and joy and rejoicing are applied to him, ISAIAH 62:5, and in this text; so also JEREMIAH 32:41 ZEPHANIAH 3:17. THE VOICE OF WEEPING SHALL BE NO MORE HEARD IN... [ Continue Reading ]
Whereas God hath made many promises of long life to the Jews, they should all be fulfilled to God's people among them, so as there should be rare abortions among them, EXODUS 23:26; few infants should be carried out to burial, nor but few that should not have filled up their years; those that were n... [ Continue Reading ]
The quite contrary to what is said of the slothful man, PROVERBS 12:27: see JOB 27:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
Duration and perpetuity are promised to them in their happy estate.... [ Continue Reading ]
And not only a blessing to them, but also to their offspring. But what is here promised which wicked men do not ofttimes enjoy, and God's people ofttimes want? ANSW. 1. Wicked men may have them for their good parents sake, and good men may sometimes want them for evil parents sake. 2. Bad men may... [ Continue Reading ]
God promised, ISAIAH 58:9, to answer them _when they called_; here he promiseth to be so ready to answer, as to answer the words as soon as they should be formed in their hearts, before they should get them out of their lips, PSALMS 32:5 DANIEL 10:12; yea, while they were speaking, DANIEL 9:20,23 AC... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse containeth a promise much like that ISAIAH 11:6,9, and relates to the ceasing of persecution. The people of God for their whiteness and innocency are often compared to _lambs_ and _sheep_, wicked men to wolves and lions, for their antipathy to the seed of the woman: God here promiseth to... [ Continue Reading ]