Chapter 63:
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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
Isaiah 63
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Christ's victory over his enemies. (1-6) His mercy
toward his church. (7-14) The prayer of the church. (15-19)
Verses 1-6 The
prophet, in vision, beholds the Messiah returning in triumph from the conquest
of his enemies, of whom Edom was a type. Travelling, not as wearied by the
combat, but, in the greatness of his strength, prepared to overcome every
opposing power. Messiah declares that he had been treading the wine-press of the
wrath of God,
19:13, and by
his own power, without any human help, he had crushed his obstinate opposers,
for the day of vengeance was determined on, being the appointed season for
rescuing his church. Once, he appeared on earth in apparent weakness, to pour
out his precious blood as an atonement for our sins; but he will in due time
appear in the greatness of his strength. The vintage ripens apace; the day of
vengeance, fixed and determined on, approaches apace; let sinners seek to be
reconciled to their righteous Judge, ere he brings down their strength to the
earth. Does Christ say, "I come quickly?" let our hearts reply, "Even so, come;
let the year of the redeemed come."
Verses 7-14 The
latter part of this chapter, and the whole of the next, seem to express the
prayers of the Jews on their conversation. They acknowledge God's great mercies
and favours to their nation. They confess their wickedness and hardness of
heart; they entreat his forgiveness, and deplore the miserable condition under
which they have so long suffered. The only-begotten Son of the Father became the
Angel or Messenger of his love; thus he redeemed and bare them with tenderness.
Yet they murmured, and resisted his Holy Spirit, despising and persecuting his
prophets, rejecting and crucifying the promised Messiah. All our comforts and
hopes spring from the loving-kindness of the Lord, and all our miseries and
fears from our sins. But he is the Saviour, and when sinners seek after him, who
in other ages glorified himself by saving and feeding his purchased flock, and
leading them safely through dangers, and has given his Holy Spirit to prosper
the labours of his ministers, there is good ground to hope they are discovering
the way of peace.
Verses 15-19
They beseech him to look down on the abject condition of their once-favoured
nation. Would it not be glorious to his name to remove the veil from their
hearts, to return to the tribes of his inheritance? The Babylonish captivity,
and the after-deliverance of the Jews, were shadows of the events here foretold.
The Lord looks down upon us in tenderness and mercy. Spiritual judgments are
more to be dreaded than any other calamities; and we should most carefully avoid
those sins which justly provoke the Lord to leave men to themselves and to their
deceiver. "Our Redeemer from everlasting" is thy name; thy people have always
looked upon thee as the God to whom they might appeal. The Lord will hear the
prayers of those who belong to him, and deliver them from those not called by
his name.
Chapter 63:
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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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