That ye may suck... — The figure takes a new and bolder form. The friends who visit the rejoicing mother are invited to take their place with the new-born child, and to share his nurture. The underlying thought is, of course, that the heathen nations who had been friendly to Zion were to become converts, and be incorporated with her citizens.
Verse Isaiah 66:11. _WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF HER GLORY_ - "From her abundant stores."] For מזיז _mizziz, from the splendour_, two MSS. and the old edition of 1488, have מזיו _mizziv_; and the latter ז...
THAT YE MAY SUCK - The same figure occurs in Isaiah 60:16; and substantidally in Isaiah 49:23. See the note at those places. THAT YE MAY MILK OUT - The image is an obvious one. It means that they who...
CHAPTER 66 The Finale: The Two Classes and the Prophecy of Isaiah in a Retrospect 1. _The apostates and their wicked worship (Isaiah 66:1) _ 2. _The remnant suffering and encouraged (Isaiah 66:5) _ 3...
ISAIAH 66. Here divisions are hard to define. The theme the coming punishment of the apostates and the coming glory of the pious is pursued now on one side, now on the other. ISAIAH 66:1. AN ATTACK O...
Comp. ch. Isaiah 60:16. _abundance_ The Heb. word (_zîz_) is of uncertain interpretation. It is found again only in Psalms 50:11; Psalms 80:13 in the phrase "beast of the field" (_zîz sâday_). It is d...
Invitation to the sorrowing children of Zion to rejoice in their mother's consolation....
DISCOURSE: 1024 GOD DELIGHTS TO COMFORT HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 66:10. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: that ye may...
THAT YE MAY MILK OUT, &C.— _That ye may draw forth the delicious nourishment from her abundant stores._ Lowth....
2. BIRTH OF NEW ZION TEXT: Isaiah 66:7-14 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a manchild. 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen Such thing...
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. That ye may suck - (Isaiah 60:5; Isaiah 60:16; Isai
The figure of Zion as a mother is still continued....
1. WHERE, etc.] RV 'what manner of house.. what place shall be my rest.' The v. is a strong rebuke of such as, without a really religious spirit, idly trusted in the inviolability of Zion, and the pro...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 66 The *Lord divides the ‘people of God’ into two types. There are those...
The *Lord uses picture language to emphasise an important truth. In real life, for a mother to give birth without pain cannot happen. Were it to take place, it could only be by the *Lord’s powerful ac...
לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽינְקוּ֙ וּ שְׂבַעְתֶּ֔ם מִ שֹּׁ֖ד...
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...
GOD'S PEOPLE MADE A BLESSING Isaiah 66:1-14 The prophet forecasts the advent of a new day, when places and rites would be comparatively unimportant compared with the condition of the heart, Isaiah 66...
This last chapter is confessedly difficult of interpretation. In it the prophet seems to look beyond all that he has previously described, and to deal with destiny. He first announces anew the fact of...
That ye may nurse, (l) and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may draw milk, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. (l) That is may rejoice for all the blessings th...
All these are so many blessed promises, with which the Church was to be distinguished in gospel days, when the Lord had brought home his holy word with power to the heart. Ordinances were to become bl...
11._That ye may suck. _This verse ought to be joined with the preceding verse; for the Prophet explains what shall be the occasion of joy, namely, because the wretched and miserable condition of the C...
Chapter 66 speaks of the judgment that introduces it, and consequently gives us more historical details. The temple is rebuilt in Jerusalem (Isaiah 66:6), but Jehovah does not own it, man alone being...
THAT YE MAY SUCK, AND BE SATISFIED WITH THE BREAST OF HER CONSOLATIONS,.... This, according to our version, expresses the end of the church's friends being called together to rejoice with her, that th...
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. Ver. 11. _That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the...
_Rejoice ye with Jerusalem_ Let all that wish her well congratulate her for the favours God hath conferred upon her, and particularly let the Gentiles rejoice with the Jewish Church, for her advanceme...
that ye, as the spiritual children of Zion, MAY SUCK AND BE SATISFIED WITH THE BREASTS OF HER CONSOLATIONS, enjoying her spiritual blessings and treasures to the full; THAT YE MAY MILK OUT, drain the...
THE HAPPINESS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH...
ABUNDANCE: Or, brightness...
5-14 The prophet turns to those that trembled at God's word, to comfort and encourage them. The Lord will appear, to the joy of the humble believer, and to the confusion of hypocrites and persecutors...
Jerusalem is here set out as the mother of us all, as indeed she was; for _out of Zion_ went _forth the law_, and _the word of the Lord from Jerusalem_, ISAIAH 2:3. Christ was of the _seed of Abraham_...
Isaiah 66:11 feed H3243 (H8799) satisfied H7646 (H8804) consolation H8575 bosom H7699 deeply H4711 (H8799) delighte
THE BIRTH OF THE NATION RESULTS IN REJOICING FOR GOD'S NEW JERUSALEM (ISAIAH 66:11). Isaiah 66:10 ‘Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, All you who love her, Rejoice for joy with her, All...
CONTENTS: Blessings of the coming universal Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Following the day of Christ's vengeance the sorrows of Israel will be turned into abundant joys. All the Gen...
Isaiah 66:1. _The heaven is my throne._ This chapter applies to Isaiah's time, as well as to future times; and though the Lord rejected the impure worship of the temple, yet he would dwell with the co...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 66:1 Though the worship of God is violated now, in the future falsehood will be judged, true worship will spread, and God will be honored forever. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 66:10 The certainty of future blessing calls for joy in the present. HER CONSOLING BREAST.... YOU SHALL BE COMFORTED IN JERUSALEM. The poetic image is of a nursing baby who finds...
SECTION XII.—FINAL THREATENINGS AND PROMISES (Isaiah 66:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 66:1 THE UNGODLY EXILES REBUKED
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? (Isaiah 66:1) They're going to build a new te...
1 Peter 2:2; Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 60:5; Joel 3:18; Psalms 36:8...
Consolations — The gospel doctrine was their breasts of consolation. Her glory — Christ was the glory of the people of Israel, though he was also a light to the Gentiles....