Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 62:9
But — Thou shalt not sow, and another reap, as formerly. Courts — In my courts: holiness being put for God himself.
But — Thou shalt not sow, and another reap, as formerly. Courts — In my courts: holiness being put for God himself.
Verse Isaiah 62:9. _BUT THEY THAT HAVE GATHERED IT SHALL EAT IT, AND PRAISE_ _THE LORD_] This and the following line have reference to the law of Moses: "Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tith...
BUT THEY THAT HAVE GATHERED IT SHALL EAT IT - There shall be a state of security, so that every man may enjoy the avails of his own labor. Nothing is a more certain indication of liberty and prosperit...
CHAPTER 62 Zion's Glory 1. _He will not rest (Isaiah 62:1) _ 2. _The new names (Isaiah 62:2) _ 3. _The intercession and the answer (Isaiah 62:6) _ 4. The accomplishment at hand ...
ISAIAH 62:6 F. Yahweh has appointed heavenly beings as an invisible guard of Jerusalem: their duty ever to sound in His ears, till its fulfilment, His promise to make her a renown in the earth. ISAIA...
GATHERED IT. gathered it in. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 20:6; Deuteronomy 28:30). Compare Jeremiah 31:5. App-92. PRAISE THE LORD. Reference to Pentateuch ...
Cf. ch. Isaiah 65:21-22. _in the courts of my holiness_ Render, IN MY HOLY COURTS; not as R.V., "in the courts of my sanctuary." The allusion is to the festivals in the Temple, where the first-fruits...
Jehovah has sworn that the Israelites shall no longer be spoiled by their enemies, but shall be secured in the peaceful enjoyment of the fruits of the ground. The phrase "no longer" seems to imply tha...
THE LORD HATH SWORN— The prophetic chorus here returns to its office, and, renewing its discourse, assures the church, now for a long time exposed to the persecution of her enemies, that God would mos...
2. NEW NOURISHMENT TEXT: Isaiah 62:6-9 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest. 7...
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. BUT THEY THAT HAVE GATHERED IT SHALL EAT IT, A...
1. The speaker is probably Jehovah Himself. HOLD MY PEACE] cp. Isaiah 42:14. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. her vindication, the setting of her right in the eyes of the world (cp. Isaiah 58:8). SALVATION] i....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 62 *JERUSALEM’S NEW NAME V1 I will not be silent about *Jerusalem. Nor...
In the original language, ‘praise’ in this verse means more than the use of words. It includes a gift to God (see Leviticus 19:24). • When the people returned from *exile, they would probably not be...
No foreign enemy will control the land ever again....
In this passage, ‘you’ means the city called Jerusalem and its inhabitants....
IN THE COURTS OF MY HOLINESS. — Better, _of my sanctuary._ The harvest and the vintage festivals are to be kept, as of old, without interruption, the master of the house, with his family and the Levit...
כִּ֤י מְאַסְפָיו֙ יֹאכְלֻ֔הוּ וְ הִֽלְל֖וּ אֶת...
THE LAND OF BEULAH Isaiah 62:1-12 _The Intercessor_, Isaiah 62:1-4. Messiah is speaking here. Throughout the ages, He ever lives to make intercession. He asks that His Church may be one, that the hea...
Having thus dealt with the material prosperity, and with the spiritual realization, the prophet now describes in greater detail the vocational fulfilment. Speaking as in the midst of circumstances of...
I beg the Reader to observe, how very sweet and frequent those promises are, scattered here and there, all over scripture which speak of God's absolute engagement to bless his people; and let him not...
9._For they who have gathered it shall eat it. _This is an explanation and confirmation of the preceding statement; for, after having testified that he will no longer permit that which the Church poss...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 61 AND 62. As Chapter s 50-53 presented Christ in His sufferings, chapter 61 exhibits Him in the full grace of His Person concerned in the blessing of Israel....
BUT THEY THAT HAVE GATHERED IT SHALL EAT IT, AND PRAISE THE LORD,.... That is, the corn; they who have manured the land, sowed seed in it, reaped it when ripe, gathered it in its season; these shall e...
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. Ver. 9. _But they that have gathered it shall eat...
_The Lord hath sworn by his right hand_ “Lifting up the hand was a ceremony used in swearing, Deuteronomy 32:40; Ezekiel 20:5; Ezekiel 20:15. And here God swears by that very hand which used to be hel...
but they that have gathered it shall eat it, the believers enjoying what they had worked for with such trouble, AND PRAISE THE LORD, AND THEY THAT HAVE BROUGHT IT TOGETHER SHALL DRINK IT IN THE COURTS...
ZION THE BRIDE OF JEHOVAH. The prophecy concerning the glory of Zion's perfection here reaches the highest point of exaltation: _ the congregation of the redeemed as the bride and spouse of the Lord....
6-9 God's professing people must be a praying people. He is not displeased with us for being earnest, as men commonly are; he bids us to cry after him, and give him no rest, Luke 11:5; Luke 11:6. It...
THEY THAT HAVE GATHERED IT, i.e. the wine mentioned in the former verse, that have brought it from their several vineyards, and laid it in their cellars, every one shall eat the fruit of his own labou...
Isaiah 62:9 gathered H622 (H8764) eat H398 (H8799) praise H1984 (H8765) LORD H3068 together H6908 ...
ISAIAH CALLS ON HIS FOLLOWERS TO BE WATCHMEN AND PREPARERS OF THE WAY (ISAIAH 62:6). These words probably to be seen as the words of Isaiah, although they could till be the words of the Anointed One....
CONTENTS: Restoration of Israel to God's favor, and honor with the nations. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Israel's full salvation is sure to come when they are regathered and their Redeemer r...
Isaiah 62:1. _For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace._ The Redeemer speaks by his prophet; the zeal of his Father's house absorbed his soul. He imparted his Spirit to the apostles; they could not be...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 62:1 FURTHER GRACIOUS PROMISES MADE TO ISRAEL BY "THE SERVANT." Some regard the speaker in this chapter as Jehovah; some as the prophet, or the prophetical order; some as "the Serva...
In chapter 62, God continues to speak of the restoration of Israel. For Zion's sake [that is, Jerusalem] will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness th...
Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:11;...