Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 60:10
Minister — Shall administer all necessaries to thee. I had mercy — As I afflicted thee in my anger, so out of my compassion I will abundantly bless thee.
Minister — Shall administer all necessaries to thee. I had mercy — As I afflicted thee in my anger, so out of my compassion I will abundantly bless thee.
AND THE SONS OF STRANGERS - They who have been devoted to a foreign and a false religion shall become devoted to the true religion, and engage in the service of the true God. SHALL BUILD UP THY WALLS...
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...
THE SONS OF STRANGERS. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:43.Leviticus 22:25; Leviticus 22:25). These were expressly excluded. STRANGERS. foreigners. IN MY WRATH. Compare...
_the sons of strangers_ STRANGERS (R.V.), as in ch. Isaiah 56:3; although the reference here is not to individual proselytes, but to foreigners in general. It is not even certain that the verse implie...
AND THE SONS OF STRANGERS, &C.— The discourse here rises, and will continue to rise, till the end of the section, that the blindest may discern spiritual things involved in these corporeal figures and...
2. GAIN TEXT: Isaiah 60:8-14 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from...
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. KINGS SHALL MINISTER UNTO THE...
IN MY WRATH] cp. Isaiah 54:7....
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...
The *Lord had been angry because the people refused to obey him. The people’s punishment was to become *exiles for many years in Babylon....
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...
THE SONS OF STRANGERS SHALL BUILD... — Either as willing proselytes or as being brought into subjection. (Comp. Zechariah 6:15.) To build the temples or palaces of conquerors was, as in the case of th...
וּ בָנ֤וּ בְנֵֽי ־נֵכָר֙ חֹמֹתַ֔יִךְ וּ מַלְכ
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...
And the sons of foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their (l) kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. (l) Meaning Cyrus and his suc...
_To thee. The Persians monarchs (Calmet) were mostly favourable to the Jews. (Haydock) --- The Gentiles help to form the Church, which rejects no one, ver. 11._...
How beautifully do we find the Redeemer's glory and his Church's happiness blended. Here the prosperity of the Church is particularly spoken of, but all with an eye to Christ. Psalms 72:10....
10._And the sons of the stranger shall build thy walls. _He continues the same subject. As he formerly said that foreigners shall submit to his authority, in order to build the temple; so he now says...
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....
AND THE SONS OF STRANGERS SHALL BUILD UP THY WALLS,.... The sons of the people; or Gentiles, as the Targum; who were strangers from the covenants of promise, and aliens from the commonwealth of Israel...
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. Ver. 10. _And the sons of strang...
_And the sons of the stranger_ Namely, such as were not Israelites born, but of Gentile race; and he puts _sons_ of strangers, by a usual Hebraism, for strangers; _shall build up thy walls_ As Gentile...
THE GLORY OF THE MESSIAH UPON THE GENTILES...
And the sons of strangers, the Gentiles of whom the entire chapter is speaking, SHALL BUILD UP THY WALLS, so that Jerusalem may rise out of her ruins, a picture of the restoration of the Church, AND T...
9-14 God will be very gracious. We must begin with his promise, thence all mercies take rise. Many shall be brought into the church, even from far countries. Christ is always ready to receive all who...
THE SONS OF STRANGERS, viz. such as were not Israelites; and he puts sons of strangers by a usual Hebraism for strangers, properly termed _alienigenae_: see ISAIAH 56:3. This was literally fulfilled i...
Isaiah 60:10 sons H1121 foreigners H5236 up H1129 (H8804) walls H2346 kings H4428 minister H8334 (H8762) wrath...
‘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 wi...
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...
_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 60:10 Instead of persecuting God’s people, the nations will BUILD them up. YOUR WALLS. Zion, the city of God. See Nehemia
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...
Ezra 6:3; Ezra 7:12; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 54:7;...