Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 65:10
A fold — Sharon was a place of great fruitfulness for pastures. It was become like a wilderness, God here promises that it should again be a place for the flocks.
A fold — Sharon was a place of great fruitfulness for pastures. It was become like a wilderness, God here promises that it should again be a place for the flocks.
Verse Isaiah 65:10. _SHARON - AND THE VALLEY OF ACHOR_] Two of the most fertile parts of Judea; famous for their rich pastures; the former to the west, not far from Joppa; the latter north of Jericho,...
AND SHARON - Sharon was properly a district south of Mount Carmel, along the coast of the Mediterranean, and extending from. Caesarea to Joppa. In the Scripture, this is almost a proverbial name to de...
CHAPTER 65 Jehovah's Answer: The Rebellious and Their Judgment, the Faithful and Their Blessings 1. _The divine rebuke to the apostates (Isaiah 65:1) _ 2. _The elect seed (Isaiah 65:9) _ 3. The judg...
THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL INHERIT THE LAND, BUT THEIR OPPONENTS SHALL BE SLAUGHTERED. Yahweh says, Even as the vintagers say when they see a cluster with only a few sound grapes in it, - Destroy it not, for...
SHARON. See note on Isaiah 33:9. valley of Achor. As in Hosea 2:15. The only two references to the history of Joshua 7....
_Sharon_ (in Hebr. always with the art.) the northern part of the Maritime Plain, from near Carmel to Joppa, varying in breadth from 6 to 12 miles. (For a description see G. A. Smith, _Hist. Geogr._pp...
In spite of the gross idolatries denounced in the preceding section there is that in Israel which makes it precious in the sight of Jehovah, and ensures for it a brilliant future....
THUS SAITH THE LORD, &C.— _Thus,_ &c. _as when one findeth a good grape in the cluster, and sayeth, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it,_ &c. Lowth. See ch. Isaiah 10:22 where a promise similar to...
E. REFINING OF ZION, CHAPTER 65 1. CLEANSED TEXT: Isaiah 65:1-12 1 I am inquired of by them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation...
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. SHARON - (notes, ; .) ACHOR - meaning trouble: a valley near...
65:10 fold (b-7) Or 'pasture.'...
SHARON] the maritime plain on the W. of Palestine and THE VALLEY OF ACHOR near Jericho on the E., are put for the whole land....
1. Render, 'I have offered answers to those who asked not; I have been at hand to those who sought me not.. a nation that hath not called upon my name.' The v. refers to the Israelites who neglected J...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 65 CHAPTER S 65-66 refer to subjects in CHAPTER S 1-4. • In chapter 2:1-...
The plain called Sharon is the level land that is south of the mountain called Carmel. The valley called Achor was famous for the great trouble that happened there (see Joshua 7:24-26). The whole regi...
SHARON. — As elsewhere, the name appears in the Hebrew with the article — _the_ Sharon, the rich plain stretching along the coast from Joppa to the foot of Carmel. The LXX., Josephus, and Strabo rende...
וְ הָיָ֤ה הַ שָּׁרֹון֙ לִ נְוֵה ־צֹ֔אן
CHAPTER XXV A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1 WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been considering the prophecy of Israel's Redemption had re...
A SEED RESCUED FROM DESTRUCTION Isaiah 65:1-12 The prophet now enumerates the reasons that forced the Lord to turn aside from the Chosen People, and call in the Gentiles to occupy the place and perfo...
In this chapter we have a graphic description of the working of the principle of discrimination, the sifting of the people by God. There is first a contrast between the false and the true. The rebelli...
And (n) Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. (n) Which was a plentiful place in Judea to feed sheep, as A...
CHAPTER LXV. _ Plains. Hebrew Sharon, in the land of Basan. --- Achor, near Jericho, called after Achan, (Calmet) who perhaps was more correctly styled Achor, Josue vii. 26., and Osee ii. 15. (Haydoc...
With an eye to this gracious promise, the Holy Ghost here sets forth, under the similitude of a poor apparently dry and fruitless vine, how the mercy for Israel is preserved, and how at length it shal...
10._And Sharon shall be an abode of flocks. _By these figures he means nothing else than that the land, which was a desert, shall be again inhabited; for there is an implied comparison. “Although, in...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 64 AND 65. The next two Chapter s give us a full revelation of the dealings of God in answer to this appeal. First of all, God, through His grace, had been so...
AND SHARON SHALL BE A FOLD OF FLOCKS,.... This was a champaign country about Joppa and Lydda, in which were rich pastures for herds and flocks, 1 Chronicles 27:29, it seems to be a prophecy of the con...
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. Ver. 10. _And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks._] The fieldlings...
_Thus saith the Lord_ These words may be conceived as a gracious answer from God to the prophet, pleading God's covenant with _Abraham, Isaac_, and _Israel._ To this God replies, that he intended no s...
And Sharon, the fruitful plain along the Mediterranean, SHALL BE A FOLD OF FLOCKS, rich meadow-land, AND THE VALLEY OF ACHOR, near the city of Jericho, sloping toward the Dead Sea, A PLACE FOR THE HER...
A REMNANT SAVED...
8-10 In the bunch of unripe grapes, at present of no value, the new wine is contained. The Jews have been kept a distinct people, that all may witness the fulfilment of ancient prophecies and promises...
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 pla...
Isaiah 65:10 Sharon H8289 fold H5116 flocks H6629 Valley H6010 Achor H5911 herds H1241 down H7258 people H5971 soug
A REMNANT WILL BE SAVED, BUT LARGE NUMBERS MUST FIRST FACE JUDGMENT (ISAIAH 65:8). During his inaugural call (chapter 6) Isaiah had been warned that the people of Judah/Israel would go through refinem...
CONTENTS: Answer of Jehovah to remnant of Israel. Eternal blessing in the renovated earth. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Although Jehovah has long stretched forth His hand to a disobedient and gainsa...
Isaiah 65:4. _Which remain among the graves._ The LXX add, _dream._ Perhaps Jude had this text in his eye, when he calls the wicked “filthy dreamers.” _See Augustine's city of God. Which eat swine's f...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 65:1 Though the people of God have unfaithful sinners mixed among them now, he is eager to bring them into their glorious eternal home. His eagerness is rejected by Jews but welc...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 65:8 Though his judgments will destroy, God will also bless his people by preserving a remnant (see Isaiah 1:9;...
SECTION XI.—GOD'S ANSWER TO THE EXILES' PRAYER (Isaiah 65:1.) EXPOSITION ISAIAH 65:1 ISRAEL'S SUFFERINGS
Now God answers the prayer offered by the remnant of the people and He said, I am sought of them that asked not for me (Isaiah 65:1); Here's the remnant of the Jewish people calling to God. "If You'...
Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 34:14; Hosea 2:15; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 35:2;...