Verse Isaiah 58:8. And thine health shall spring forth speedily - "And thy wounds shall speedily be healed over"] Et cicatrix vulneris tui cito obducetur; "And the scar of thy wounds shall be speedily removed." Aquila's Version, as reported by Jerome, with which agrees that of the Chaldee.
The glory - "And the glory"] Sixteen MSS. (five ancient) of Dr. Kennicott's, and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate add the conjunction ו vau, וכבוד vechabod.
THEN SHALL THY LIGHT - (See the notes at Isaiah 44:7). The idea here is, that if they were faithful in the discharge of their duty to God, he would bless them with abundant prosperity (compare Job 11:...
3. JEWISH HISTORY IN THE END TIME: THEIR FUTURE GLORY AND THE GLORY OF THE COMING AGE (58-59) This third and last section of the vision of Isaiah can only be understood and appreciated if it is studie...
FASTING, FALSE AND TRUE. Yahweh bids the prophet explain to His people wherein their sin lies. Daily they attend the Temple, seeking to know His will for all the world as though their one aim were to...
THINE HEALTH. Hebrew thy healing. Referring to the healing of wounds. BE. bring up. REREWARD. rearguard. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:19; Exodus 14:20). Compare Isaiah 52:12....
DISCOURSE: 993 THE SERVICES WHICH GOD REQUIRES Isaiah 58:5. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth...
THEN SHALL THY LIGHT, &C.— _Then_ [that is to say, if thou shalt join these, acts of love and beneficence to thy fasting and religious worship] _thy light,_ &c. that is to say, "Thou shalt in a short...
2. HOLINESS TEXT: Isaiah 58:6-12 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break ever...
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: a...
2. DID RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. kept the law. They are ready enough for the external requirements of religion....
HEALTH] RV 'healing.' THY RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. thy inward personal righteousness: cp. Isaiah 1:27 or, perhaps, 'thy justification in the eyes of the world': cp. Isaiah 54:17; SHALL BE THY REREWARD] i.e...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 58 WRONG PRACTICE OF RELIGION V1 (This is what God says.) ‘Shout loudly...
To take care of poor and weak people in society is to practise *self-denial. This what the *Lord calls a true *fast. • The *Lord approves of those who take care of other people in this way. They will...
THEN SHALL THY LIGHT... — The dawning of a new day, as in 2 Samuel 23:4; the growth as of new and healthy flesh after long illness; “righteousness,” i.e., the sentence of acquittal in the eyes of all...
אָ֣ז יִבָּקַ֤ע כַּ † שַּׁ֨חַר֙ אֹורֶ֔ךָ וַ...
CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1 IT was inevitable, as so
THE FAST THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN Isaiah 58:1-14 The divorce between outward rites and inward piety has been the curse of every age. When the Pharisees were plotting our Lord's death, they refused to ent...
We now commence the last division of the book, which deals with the program of peace as it sets forth the conditions, describes the ultimate realization, and insists on a principle of discrimination....
Then shall thy (h) light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall spring forth speedily: and thy (i) righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rear guard. (h) Tha...
_Light. Prosperity, (Calmet) or Saviour. (Haydock) --- Matthew iv. 2., and John i. 8. (Calmet) --- Health. Aquila, "the scar of thy wound shall soon be covered." (St. Jerome) --- Up. He shall close th...
If we read these sweet promises with an eye to the gospel of Jesus, and interpret what is here said by this rule, they will appear most blessed. Jesus is himself the light of the morning, yea, of the...
_THE DIVINELY GUARDED LIFE_ ‘Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee: the glory of the Lord shall be...
8._Then shall break forth as the dawn _(123) _thy light. _The Prophet shows that God is not too rigorous, and does not demand from us more than what is proper; and that hypocrites complain of him with...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 58 AND 59. But these moral considerations rouse the indignation of the Spirit at the condition of Israel in the days of the prophecy-their sin and their hypoc...
THEN SHALL THY LIGHT BREAK FORTH AS THE MORNING,.... Through thick clouds, or the darkness of the night, suddenly, swiftly, irresistibly, and increase more and more, till it is perfect day. This is to...
_Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward._ Ver. 8. _Then...
_Then shall thy light_ Matter or cause of rejoicing, _break forth as the morning_ Arise as certainly and speedily as in the morning the light arises out of darkness. It shall not only _appear_, but _b...
THE BLESSINGS FOLLOWING TRUE REPENTANCE...
Then, namely, when a person acts in accordance with the suggestion made in the first part of the chapter, SHALL THY LIGHT BREAK FORTH AS THE MORNING, like the dawn of the Orient, which speedily covers...
SHALL BE THY REREWARD: _ Heb._ shall gather thee up...
3-12 A fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not express true sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is not a fast. These professors had shown sorrow on stated or oc...
THY LIGHT: it is put in general for all _happiness_ and prosperity; as all kind of adversity and calamity is set forth and resembled by darkness: but here more particularly for a comfortable and free...
Isaiah 58:8 light H216 forth H1234 (H8735) morning H7837 healing H724 forth H6779 (H8799) speedily H4120 righteousness...
THE CALL TO COVENANT RIGHTEOUSNESS (ISAIAH 58:6). Isaiah 58:6 “Is not this the fast that I have chosen, To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed g...
Isaiah 58:8 I. That the word "prophet" should so early in our language have come to be used as a synonym for a predictor is only an instance of the prevailing error which consists in looking for signs...
Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins._ See, friends, how stolid men are by nature. God's mess...
Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways as...
CONTENTS: Hypocritical professions of religion. Instructions how to keep fasts aright. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: It is common for unhumbled hearts, while they perform the external services of rel...
Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not; lift up thy voice like a trumpet._ It is not doubted by the Jews, nor by St. Jerome, that Isaiah lived to the beginning of Manasseh's idolatrous reign; nor that he...
_Then shall thy light break forth_ THE SECRET OF PROSPERITY TO NATIONS, CHURCHES, AND MEN (Isaiah 58:8; Isaiah 58:14, “Then,” “then,” “then,” “then “):-- I. MEN AND CHURCHES CHARGE GOD FOOLISHLY, A...
_Is it such a fast that I have chosen?_ THE FAST WHICH GOD HAS CHOSEN I. GOD’S PURPOSE IN COMMANDING MEN TO FAST. 1. To lead us to prayer (Isaiah 58:4), prayer so real that our voices are “heard on...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 58:8 THEN... THEN. The right kind of worship brings God’s presence and blessing. Unlike false gods, the Lord responds (see Isaiah 64:5). Compare...
A HEALTHY CHURCH Isaiah 58:8. _And thine health shall spring forth speedily_ I. ESSENTIALS OF A HEALTHY CHURCH. 1. _A scriptural constitution._ As Noah built the ark, Moses the tabernacle, and Solom...
SECTION VI. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS, FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION AND A PROMISE (Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1.). EXPOSIT
Cry aloud, spare not (Isaiah 58:1), The Lord is commanding now the prophet Isaiah. lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet t...
Acts 10:31; Acts 10:35; Acts 10:4; Exodus 14:19; Hosea 14:4;...
Thy light — Happiness and prosperity. Break forth — It shall not only appear, but break forth, dart itself forth, notwithstanding all difficulties, as the sun breaks, and pierces through a cloud. Thy...