Chapter 27:
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Isaiah 27
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God's care over his people. (1-5) A promise of their
recall to Divine favour. (6-13)
Verses 1-5 The
Lord Jesus with his strong sword, the virtue of his death, and the preaching of
his gospel, does and will destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the
devil, that old serpent. The world is a fruitless, worthless wilderness; but the
church is a vineyard, a place that has great care taken of it, and from which
precious fruits are gathered. God will keep it in the night of affliction and
persecution, and in the day of peace and prosperity, the temptations of which
are not less dangerous. God also takes care of the fruitfulness of this
vineyard. We need the continual waterings of Divine grace; if these be at any
time withdrawn, we wither, and come to nothing. Though God sometimes contends
with his people, yet he graciously waits to be reconciled unto them. It is true,
when he finds briers and thorns instead of vines, and they are set in array
against him, he will tread them down and burn them. Here is a summary of the
doctrine of the gospel, with which the church is to be watered every moment.
Ever since sin first entered, there has been, on God's part, a righteous
quarrel, but, on man's part, most unrighteous. Here is a gracious invitation
given. Pardoning mercy is called the power of our Lord; let us take hold on
that. Christ crucified is the power of God. Let us by lively faith take hold on
his strength who is a strength to the needy, believing there is no other name by
which we can be saved, as a man that is sinking catches hold of a bough, or
cord, or plank, that is in his reach. This is the only way, and it is a sure
way, to be saved. God is willing to be reconciled to us.
Verses 6-13 In
the days of the gospel, the latter days, the gospel church shall be more firmly
fixed than the Jewish church, and shall spread further. May our souls be
continually watered and kept, that we may abound in the fruits of the Spirit, in
all goodness, righteousness, and truth. The Jews yet are kept a separate and a
numerous people; they have not been rooted out as those who slew them. The
condition of that nation, through so many ages, forms a certain proof of the
Divine origin of the Scriptures; and the Jews live amongst us, a continued
warning against sin. But though winds are ever so rough, ever so high, God can
say to them, Peace, be still. And though God will afflict his people, yet he
will make their afflictions to work for the good of their souls. According to
this promise, since the captivity in Babylon, no people have shown such hatred
to idols and idolatry as the Jews. And to all God's people, the design of
affliction is to part between them and sin. The affliction has done us good,
when we keep at a distance from the occasions of sin, and use care that we may
not be tempted to it. Jerusalem had been defended by grace and the Divine
protection; but when God withdrew, she was left like a wilderness. This has
awfully come to pass. And this is a figure of the deplorable state of the
vineyard, the church, when it brought forth wild grapes. Sinners flatter
themselves they shall not be dealt with severely, because God is merciful, and
is their Maker. We see
the restoration of the Jews after the Babylonish captivity, and their recovery from their present
dispersion. This is further applicable to the preaching of the gospel, by which
sinners are gathered into the grace of God; the gospel proclaims the acceptable
year of the Lord. Those gathered by the sounding of the gospel trumpet, are
brought in to worship God, and added to the church; and the last trumpet will
gather the saints together.
Chapter 27:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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