I am sought by [them that] (a) asked not [for me]; I am found by [them that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation [that] was not called by my name. (a) Meaning, the Gentiles who know not God, would seek him, when he had moved their heart with his Holy Spirit, (Romans 10:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
I have (b) spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walketh in a way [that is] not good, after their own (c) thoughts; (b) He shows the reason for the rejection of the Jews, because they would not obey him or any admonition of his prophets, by whom he called them continually an... [ Continue Reading ]
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in (d) gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of (e) brick; (d) Which were dedicated to idols. (e) Meaning their altars, which he thus named by contempt.... [ Continue Reading ]
Which remain among the (f) graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat (g) swine's flesh, and broth of abominable [things is in] their vessels; (f) To consult with spirits, and to conjure devils, which was forbidden. (g) Which was contrary to God's commandment, (Leviticus 11:7; Deuteronomy 14:8)... [ Continue Reading ]
Which say, (h) Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These [are] a smoke in my nose, a fire that (i) burneth all the day. (h) He shows that hypocrisy is always joined with pride and contempt of others. (i) Their punishment will never have an end.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, [it is] (k) written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, (k) So that the remembrance of it cannot be forgotten.... [ Continue Reading ]
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers (l) together, saith the LORD, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. (l) Will be both punished together: and this declares how the children are pun... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and [one] saith, Destroy it not; for a (m) blessing [is] in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. (m) That is, it is profitable: meaning that God will not destroy the faithful branches of his vineyard,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Achor was for cattle.... [ Continue Reading ]
But ye [are] they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that (o) troop, and that furnish the drink offering to that number. (o) By the multitude and number he means their innumerable idols of whom they thought they could never have enough.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore will I (p) number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I (q) spoke, ye did not hear; but did evil before my eyes, and did choose [that] in which I delighted not. (p) Seeing you cannot number your gods, I will number y... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall (r) eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: (r) By these words, eat and drink, he means the blessed life of the faithful, who have... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall leave your name for a curse to my (s) chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by (t) another name: (s) Meaning, that he would call the Gentiles, who would abhor even the very name of the Jews for their infidelities sake. (t) Than by the name of the Jews.... [ Continue Reading ]
That he who blesseth himself in the (u) earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former (x) troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes. (u) By blessing, and by swearing is meant the praising of G... [ Continue Reading ]
For, behold, I create (y) new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. (y) I will so altar and change the state of my church, that it will seem to dwell in a new world.... [ Continue Reading ]
There shall be no more from there an infant of days, nor an old man that hath (z) not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner [being] (a) an hundred years old shall be accursed. (z) Meaning, in this wonderful restoration of the Church there would be no weakness... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall (b) build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. (b) He proposes to the faithful the blessings which are contained in the law, and so under temporal things comprehends the spiritual promises.... [ Continue Reading ]
The (c) wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox: and dust [shall be] the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. (c) Read (Isaiah 11:6).... [ Continue Reading ]