Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 60:8
A cloud — These metaphors import the number as well as speed, of those that should be begotten by the apostles doctrine.
A cloud — These metaphors import the number as well as speed, of those that should be begotten by the apostles doctrine.
Verse Isaiah 60:8. _AND AS THE DOVES TO THEIR WINDOWS _- "And like doves upon the wing?"] Instead of _el, to_, forty-two MSS. of _Kennicott's_, and one of mine, have על _al, upon_. For ארבתיהם _arubb...
WHO ARE THESE THAT FLY AS A CLOUD? - In multitudes so numerous, that they appear as a dense cloud. The prophet, in vision, sees a vast multitude coming to Jerusalem, or hastening to embrace the true r...
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...
WHO ARE THESE... ? Referring probably to the ships whose sails are compared to wings, developed in next verse....
_as doves to their windows_ Genesis 8:9. The point of comparison is rather the swiftness of the flight, than the whiteness of the wings and sails....
From the East the prophet turns to the West, and describes the ships of the Mediterranean "like white doves upon the wing" converging on Jerusalem. These also bring from afar the exiled sons of Zion,...
DISCOURSE: 1000 MILLENNIAL PIETY DESCRIBED Isaiah 60:8.—_Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?_ THERE is much spoken in the Holy Scriptures respecting the glory of the...
WHO ARE THESE THAT FLY? &C.— Vitringa understands by this new crowd of believers hastening to the church, the Greeks and Asiatics, and those of the west, groaning under the Ottoman empire, who, having...
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...
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? WHO (ARE) THESE (THAT) FLY AS A CLOUD ... ? The prophet, seeing in vision new hosts approaching quickly like a cloud of doves,...
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 ships with sails spread speed over the waters, like doves to their neat....
As picture words, ‘ships, clouds, birds, nests’ describe a busy scene of action. Former enemies are now eager to bring back harmony and beauty to the city that once they tried to destroy. They do not...
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...
WHO ARE THESE... — The vision of the prophet brings before him the cloud-like sails of the ships that. are bringing back the exiles over the Mediterrauear and the Red Seas, hastening to their home lik...
מִי ־אֵ֖לֶּה כָּ † עָ֣ב תְּעוּפֶ֑ינָה וְ...
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...
Who [are] these (i) [that] fly as a cloud, and as doves to their windows? (i) Showing what great number will come to the Church, and with what great diligence and zeal....
_Clouds. They are thy children, accompanied by strangers._...
Reader! pause, I pray you over these sweet verses. Can there be a more delightful thought, than that of souls flying to Christ, as doves, who by instinct take shelter in their houses? Mark what Jesus...
8._Who are those? _As the Prophet cannot satisfy himself in describing this gift of God, he breaks out into admiration, and exclaims, “Who are those?“ This is far more forcible than if he had simply s...
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....
WHO ARE THESE THAT FLY AS A CLOUD,.... Referring to the vast number of converts before mentioned, who are compared to a "cloud" for the number of them, covering Judea as the clouds do the heavens; and...
Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? Ver. 8. _Who are these that fly as a cloud?_] Which flieth more swiftly than any bird, and covereth the sky far and near. _De...
_Who are these that fly as a cloud_ These metaphors import the number, as well as speed, of those that should be begotten by the apostles' doctrine. “By this new crowd of believers hastening to the ch...
THE GLORY OF THE MESSIAH UPON THE GENTILES...
Who are these that fly as a cloud? so the prophet asks in directing the eyes of the Church to the West, AND AS THE DOVES TO THEIR WINDOWS? the mass of people seeking the Lord's Sanctuary being represe...
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...
In the 4th verse he spake to them as upon some high watch tower, whereby they might behold as in a circle all the parts of the world. Now espying from all parts, he brings them in calling out with adm...
Isaiah 60:8 fly H5774 (H8799) cloud H5645 doves H3123 roosts H699 fly - Isaiah 60:4,...
‘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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
_Then thou shalt see_ THE GLORY OF THE MILLENNIAL CHURCH Wealth, Commerce and Agriculture are three great interests and powers on earthen trinity of forces which have in all ages engrossed mankind....
_Who are these that fly as a cloud?_ ACCESSIONS TO THE CHURCH It is a fine conception of Vitringa, that the ships expressly mentioned in the next verso are here described in their first appearance at...
_The multitude of camels shall cover thee_ COMMERCIAL NATIONS AND NOMAD TRIBES AIDING THE CHURCH The nations engaged in commerce bring their wares to the Church; the tribe of Midian, descended from A...
_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 60:8 THESE THAT FLY LIKE A CLOUD are rapidly approaching foreign ships bringing new believers who are devoted to the Lord. THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH. See...
THE SURPRISING INCREASE OF THE CHURCH Isaiah 60:8. _Who are these that fly as a cloud? &c._ God is here represented as addressing His Church (Isaiah 60:1). In the text the Church breaks in upon the d...
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...
Genesis 8:8; Hebrews 12:1; Isaiah 45:22; Isaiah 60:4; Luke 13:29;...