Isaiah 29:23

But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. BUT WHEN HE - Jacob. HIS CHILDREN, THE WORK OF MINE HANDS - spiritually, as well as physically (; ; ). By Yahweh's agency Israel shall be cleansed of its corruptions, and shall consist wholly of pious men (Isaiah 54:13; ). IN THE MIDST OF HIM - i:e., of his land. Or else, "His children" are the Gentiles adopted so as to be among the...

23._Because, when he shall see his children. _The particle כי (_kī_) is here used in its natural and original meaning of _for _or _because_. The Prophet assigns the reason why the disgrace of Israel shall be taken away. It is, because he will have children, and those who were thought to have perished will be still alive. _The work of my hands in the midst of him. _By giving them this name, he intended, I have no doubt, to describe the astonishing work of redemption; for those whom God adopts to be his children, and receives into fellowship with himself, are made by him, as it were, new men, agreeably to that saying, “And the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.” (Psalms 102:18.) In that passage the Psalmist describes in a similar manner the renewal of the Church; for this description, as we have

17-24 The wonderful change here foretold, may refer to the affairs of Judah, though it looks further. When a great harvest of souls was gathered to Christ from among the Gentiles, then the wilderness was turned into a fruitful field; and the Jewish church, that had long been a fruitful field, became as a deserted forest. Those who, when in trouble, can truly rejoice in God, shall soon have cause greatly to rejoice in him. The grace of meekness contributes to the increase of our holy joy. The enemies who were powerful shall become mean and weak. To complete the repose of God's people, the scorners at home shall be cut off by judgements. All are apt to speak unadvisedly, and to mistake what they hear, but it is very unfair to make a man an offender for a word. They did all they could to bring those into trouble who told them of their faults. But He that redeemed Abraham out of his snares...

Verse Isaiah 29:23. _BUT WHEN HE SEETH HIS CHILDREN, THE WORK OF MINE_ _HANDS__ _- "For when his children shall see the work of my hands"] For בראותו _birotho_ I read בראות _biroth_, with the _Septuagint_ and _Syriac_....

BUT WHEN HE SEETH HIS CHILDREN - The sense is, ‘he shall not be ashamed of his sons, for he shall see them henceforward walking in the ways of piety and virtue.’ THE WORK OF MY HANDS - That is, this change Isaiah 29:17 by which the nation will be reformed, will be produced by the agency of God himself. The sentiment is in accordance with the doctrines of the Scriptures everywhere, that people are recovered from sin by the agency of God alone (compare Isaiah 60:21; Ephesians 2:10). IN THE MIDST OF HIM - In the midst of his people. The name Jacob is often employed to denote all his posterity, or the who

EXPOSITION ISAIAH 29:1 A WARNING TO JERUSALEM. Expostulation is followed by threats. The prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in Jerusalem (Isaiah 28:14) will be of no avail, and that their adoption of measures directly antagonistic to the commands of God will bring on the very evil which they are seeking to avert, and cause Jerusalem to be actually besieged by her enemies. In the present passage he distinctly announces the siege, and declares that it will commence within a year. ISAIAH 29:1 WOE TO ARIEL, TO ARIEL, THE CITY WHERE DAVID DWELT! "Ariel' is clearly a myst

BUT WHEN HE SEETH HIS CHILDREN, THE WORK OF MY HANDS, IN THE MIDST OF HIM,.... That is, it will be a pleasure to the church of God, signified by Jacob, when they shall observe a great number of Jacob's posterity, or of the Jews, born again, become the "children" of the church, born in her, and nursed up at her side, dandled on her knees, and sucking at the breasts of her consolation; and so in the midst of her, members of her, and in communion with her, having been begotten again, by means of her ministers, through the Gospel, by the Spirit and grace of God; and so "the work of his hands", his new creatures, formed for and by himself; his workmanship, created in Jesus Christ, curiously wrought by his hands, as well as engraven on them: THEY SHALL SANCTIFY MY NAME; meaning either the spiritual seed of Jacob, those regenerated ones, the nation that shall be born at once; these shall sanct...

CHAPTER 29 The Second Woe Against Ariel and the Third Woe 1. _The fall of Ariel (Jerusalem) predicted (Isaiah 29:1)_ 2. _Their enemies dealt with by Jehovah (Isaiah 29:5)_ 3. _The people's condition: Blinded and religious formalists (Isaiah 29:9)_ 4. _The third woe (Isaiah 29:15)_ 5. _In that Day: joy and blessing for the meek and iniquity punished (Isaiah 29:17) _ Ariel means “the lion of God.” It is one of the names of Jerusalem. A great siege of Jerusalem is predicted. Neither Sennacherib's invasion nor the sie

CHILDREN. young children. THE GOD OF ISRAEL. This expression occurs seven times in Isaiah (here; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 45:3; Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 48:1; Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:12). Elsewhere twenty-nine times, without Jehovah preceding (Genesis 33:20; Exodus 24:10;...

Isaiah 29:15-24 A Messianic forecast The third "Woe" (Isaiah 29:15), directed against the political intrigue with Egypt, merely serves as a point of attachment for a glowing description of the regenerated Israel. The course of thought is as follows: The prophet, having unmasked the designs of the conspirators, expostulates with them for pitting their foolish plans against the purpose of the Almighty (Isaiah 29:15). Ere long, Jehovah will prove His power by a marvellous transformation of nature and society; the word of the Lord will be received by the people, now deaf and dumb to spiritual things; the poor and oppressed shall rejoice in their God ...