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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Isaiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 475,677 words · 701 reading sections
Isaiah 62:9
Isaiah 62:9 Ver. 9. But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord,.... That is, the corn; they who have manured the land, sowed seed in it, reaped it when ripe, gathered it in its season; these shall eat the fruit of their labours, and praise the Lord for it, acknowledge his bounty and goodness to t…
243 wordsSECTION 662Isaiah 62:10
Isaiah 62:10 Ver. 10. Go through, go through the gates,.... Open them, and keep them open for persons to enter in; meaning not the gates of Jerusalem, which those in it should open for the reception of the Jews returning from Babylon, though there may be an allusion to it; but the gates of the church in the latter day…
390 wordsSECTION 663Isaiah 62:11
Isaiah 62:11 Ver. 11. Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world,.... This is not to be interpreted of the proclamation by Cyrus, giving liberty to the people of the Jews to return to their own land, for that did not reach to the end of the world; but of the proclamation of the Gospel, which, as when f…
1,052 wordsSECTION 664Isaiah 63:1
Isaiah 63:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 63 This chapter contains a prophecy of the vengeance of Christ upon the enemies of his church in the latter day, whereby complete salvation would be obtained for them; and this illustrated by the mercies of God to the people of Israel of old; and is concluded with the church s praye…
1,863 wordsSECTION 665Isaiah 63:2
Isaiah 63:2 Ver. 2. Wherefore art thou red in thy apparel,.... Christ having satisfied the church as to her first question, concerning his person, who he was; she puts a second to him, about the colour of his garments, which was red, and the reason of it. His garments at his transfiguration were white as snow, whiter …
194 wordsSECTION 666Isaiah 63:3
Isaiah 63:3 Ver. 3. I have trodden the winepress alone,.... This is an answer to the question before put, and confirms what was observed, that his garments were like one that treadeth in the winepress; this was very true, he had trodden it, and trodden it alone, and that was the reason his garments were of such a hue;…
511 wordsSECTION 667Isaiah 63:4
Isaiah 63:4 Ver. 4. For the day of vengeance is in my heart,.... Resolved on with him, fixed by him, and which is desirable to him; he has it at heart, and longs as it were till the time is come to avenge the blood of his saints on the Romish antichrist, whom he will destroy with the breath of his mouth, and the brigh…
206 wordsSECTION 668Isaiah 63:5
Isaiah 63:5 Ver. 5. And I looked, and there was none to help,.... As, in the first redemption and salvation by Christ here on earth, there were none among the angels, nor any of the sons of men, to help him and assist him therein, none but Jehovah the Father; so, in this latter salvation, the church and people of God …
271 wordsSECTION 669Isaiah 63:6
Isaiah 63:6 Ver. 6. And I will tread down the people in mine anger,.... See Gill on "Isa 63:3", and make them drunk in my fury; or with it {s} the wrath of God is signified by a cup, which he gives wicked men to drink, and which is an inebriating one to them, Ps 75:8, and here it signifies the cup of the wine of the …
147 wordsSECTION 670Isaiah 63:7
Isaiah 63:7 Ver. 7. I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord,.... These are the words of the prophet, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; who, having heard what the Lord would do for his church and people in later times, by avenging them on their enemies, calls to mind the favours bestowed on Israel of old; and deter…
453 wordsSECTION 671Isaiah 63:8
Isaiah 63:8 Ver. 8. For he said, surely they are my people,.... Not in common with the rest of mankind, being his creatures, and the care of his providence; but his special people, whom he had chosen to be such, and had made a covenant with; he had avouched them for his people, and they had avouched him to be the Lord…
475 wordsSECTION 672Isaiah 63:9
Isaiah 63:9 Ver. 9. In all their affliction he was afflicted,.... That is, God, who said the above words; not properly speaking; for to be afflicted is not consistent with his nature and perfections, being a spirit, and impassible; nor with his infinite and complete happiness; but this is said after the manner of men,…
5,024 wordsSECTION 673Isaiah 64:1
Isaiah 64:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 64 The prayer of the church is continued in this chapter; in which she prays for some visible display of the power and presence of God, as in times past, Isa 64:1, and the rather, since unheard of and unseen things were prepared by the Lord for his people; and it was his usual way t…
388 wordsSECTION 674Isaiah 64:2
Isaiah 64:2 Ver. 2. As when the melting fire burneth,.... Or, "the fire of melting" {k}; a strong vehement fire, as Kimchi, such as is used under a furnace for melting metals; though De Dieu thinks a slow gentle fire is intended, such as is sufficient to keep the liquor boiling; which he concludes from the use of the …
489 wordsSECTION 675Isaiah 64:3
Isaiah 64:3 Ver. 3. When thou didst terrible things, which we looked not for, thou camest down,.... Referring to the wonderful things God did in Egypt, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness, and particularly at Mount Sinai, things that were unexpected, and not looked for; then the Lord came down, and made visible disp…
91 wordsSECTION 676Isaiah 64:4
Isaiah 64:4 Ver. 4. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,.... Not only the things unexpected, undesired, and undeserved, had been done for the Lord's people of old; but there were other things, unheard of and unseen, which God, in his secret counsels, had prepared for them;…
806 wordsSECTION 677Isaiah 64:5
Isaiah 64:5 Ver. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth,.... Not in a carnal way, nor in a sinful manner, nor in a hypocritical one, or in vain boastings, all such rejoicing is evil: but in the Lord, in the person of Christ; in the greatness, glory, and fullness of his person; at the promise, and in the view, of his comin…
861 wordsSECTION 678Isaiah 64:6
Isaiah 64:6 Ver. 6. But we are all as an unclean thing,.... Or "we have been" {t}; so all men are in a state of nature: man was made pure and holy, but by sinning became impure; and this impurity is propagated by natural generation, and belongs to all, none are free from it; and there is no cleansing from it but by th…
1,043 wordsSECTION 679Isaiah 64:7
Isaiah 64:7 Ver. 7. And there is none that calleth upon thy name,.... Upon the Lord himself, who is gracious and merciful, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, and all sufficient, a God hearing and answering prayer, and the Father of his people; all which should engage to call upon him: or, "there is none that pra…
598 wordsSECTION 680Isaiah 64:8
Isaiah 64:8 Ver. 8. But now, O Lord, thou art our father,.... Notwithstanding all that we have done against thee, and thou hast done to us, the relation of a father continues; thou art our Father by creation and adoption; as he was in a particular manner to the Jews, to whom belonged the adoption; and therefore this r…
220 wordsSECTION 681Isaiah 64:9
Isaiah 64:9 Ver. 9. Be not wroth very sore, O Lord,.... They knew not how to deprecate the displeasure of God entirely; having sinned so greatly against him, they were sensible they deserved his wrath; but entreat it might not be hot and very vehement, and carried to the highest pitch, which would be intolerable: nei…
235 wordsSECTION 682Isaiah 64:10
Isaiah 64:10 Ver. 10. Thy holy cities are a wilderness,.... Meaning either Zion, the city of David, and Jerusalem; the one called the upper, the other the lower city; now uninhabited, and a mere wilderness: or else the other cities of Judea, in which were formerly synagogues for religious service, and in which dwelt m…
164 wordsSECTION 683Isaiah 64:11
Isaiah 64:11 Ver. 11. Our holy and our beautiful house,.... Meaning the temple, the house of God, as Aben Ezra: called "holy", because dedicated to holy uses; where the holy sacrifices were offered up, the holy service of God performed; and where the holy God granted his presence, and where were the symbols of it: and…
524 wordsSECTION 684Isaiah 65:1
Isaiah 65:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 65 This chapter contains an answer to the prayer begun Isa 63:15, and continued in the preceding chapter; in which reasons are given by the Lord for suffering such calamities as are before mentioned to come upon the Jewish nation; particularly their rejection of the Gospel as preach…
1,163 wordsSECTION 685Isaiah 65:2
Isaiah 65:2 Ver. 2. I have spread out mine hands all the day unto a rebellious people,.... Meaning Israel, as the apostle explains it, Ro 10:21, whom he calls a "disobedient and gainsaying people"; who believed not in Christ, obeyed not his Gospel, but contradicted and blasphemed it; and were rebellious against him, w…
259 wordsSECTION 686Isaiah 65:3
Isaiah 65:3 Ver. 3. A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face,.... They committed their sins openly, without any fear of the divine Being, and in defiance of him, not at all awed by his omniscience and omnipresence; they committed them in the open streets, and even in the temple, the place of the divi…
282 wordsSECTION 687Isaiah 65:4
Isaiah 65:4 Ver. 4. Which remain among the graves,.... In order to practise necromancy, to consult the dead, where they imagined demons and departed spirits haunted, and of whom they fancied they might get knowledge of future things: and lodge in the monuments: whole nights for the same purposes. The Vulgate Latin ve…
395 wordsSECTION 688Isaiah 65:5
Isaiah 65:5 Ver. 5. Which say, stand by thyself, &c], According to Aben Ezra, Jarchi, and Kimchi, these are the unclean persons that did the above things; who say to the righteous, "draw near to thyself" {p}; so the words are, go to thine own place, or to thine own company: and come not near to me; keep off at a dist…
568 wordsSECTION 689Isaiah 65:6
Isaiah 65:6 Ver. 6. Behold, it is written before me,.... This account of their sins; it was in his sight and constant remembrance, and punishment for them was determined by him, written in the book of his decrees: I will not keep silence; but threaten with destruction, and not only threaten, but execute; plead agains…
107 wordsSECTION 690Isaiah 65:7
Isaiah 65:7 Ver. 7. Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together (saith the Lord),.... That is, the punishment both of the one and of the other; these being alike, and continued from father to son, and approved of, and committed by one generation after another, till the measure was filled up; and then …
133 wordsSECTION 691Isaiah 65:8
Isaiah 65:8 Ver. 8. Thus saith the Lord, as the new wine is found in the cluster,.... Now, lest the truly godly and gracious among these people should be distressed at such denunciations of wrath and destruction, it is suggested that these few, this remnant according to the election of grace, should be saved from the …
445 wordsSECTION 692Isaiah 65:9
Isaiah 65:9 Ver. 9. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob,.... Jerom says most understand this of Christ; and who indeed is called the seed of the woman, the seed of Abraham, the seed of David, and sprang from Jacob or Israel, and came out of the tribe of Judah; and may be fitly signified by the cluster, in which…
6,256 wordsSECTION 693Isaiah 66:1
Isaiah 66:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 66 This chapter treats of the same things as the former, the rejection of the unbelieving Jews, and the regard had to them that did believe; the conversion of that people in the latter day; the calling of the Gentiles, and the happy state of the church in the last times. The causes …
778 wordsSECTION 694Isaiah 66:2
Isaiah 66:2 Ver. 2. For all those things hath mine hand made,.... The heavens and the earth, which are his throne and footstool; and therefore, since he is the Creator of all things, he must be immense, omnipresent, and cannot be included in any space or place: and all those things have been, saith the Lord; or "are"…
762 wordsSECTION 695Isaiah 66:3
Isaiah 66:3 Ver. 3. He that killeth an ox, is as if he slew a man,.... Not that killed the ox of his neighbour, which, according to law, he was to pay for; or that killed one for food, which was lawful to be done; but that slew one, and offered it as a sacrifice; not blamed because blind or lame, or had any blemish in…
573 wordsSECTION 696Isaiah 66:4
Isaiah 66:4 Ver. 4. I also will choose their delusions,.... Suffer them to approve and make choice of such persons that should delude and deceive them; as the Scribes and Pharisees, who were wolves in sheep's clothing, and through their appearance of sanctity deceived many, and by their long prayers devoured widows' h…
244 wordsSECTION 697Isaiah 66:5
Isaiah 66:5 Ver. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word,.... This is said to the comfort of the believing Jews, who are thus described; See Gill on "Isa 66:2": your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake; as the unbelieving Jews, the Pharisees; and so Jarchi interprets it of …
520 wordsSECTION 698Isaiah 66:6
Isaiah 66:6 Ver. 6. A voice of noise from the city,.... From the city of Jerusalem, as the Targum; so Kimchi, who says, that in the days of the Messiah shall go out of Jerusalem the voice of noise concerning Gog and Magog: this indeed respects the days of the Messiah, but such as are now past, and a voice of crying in…
430 wordsSECTION 699Isaiah 66:7
Isaiah 66:7 Ver. 7. Before she travailed, she brought forth,.... That is, Zion, as appears from the following verse: lest it should be thought that the interest of Christ would be swallowed up and lost in the destruction of the Jews, this, and what follows, are said concerning the conversion of many of that people, bo…
497 wordsSECTION 700Isaiah 66:8
Isaiah 66:8 Ver. 8. Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things?.... Such numerous conversions, as after related; suggesting that they were wonderful and surprising, unheard of, what had never been seen in the world before, and which were amazing and astonishing to the church herself; see Isa 49:21, shall …
486 wordsSECTION 701Isaiah 66:9
Isaiah 66:9 Ver. 9. Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth, saith the Lord?.... Or, "to the place of breaking" forth of children, as in Ho 13:13, the womb, and the mouth of it: or, "shall I break or open" that, so some {s} render it; lest too much should or seem to be attributed to the Church, she be…
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