Chapter 60:
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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 60
The glory and blessing of the new church after a short
affliction, ver. 1-22.
Verse 1. Arise - A word of encouragement accommodated to the Jewish,
or Hebrew style, wherein, as by lying down, is described a servile
and calamitous condition, chap. xlvii, 1, so by rising, and standing
up, a recovery out of it, into a free, and prosperous one, as may be
seen frequently; Rouze up, intimating her deliverance to be at
hand. Here under a type, of Jerusalem's restoration, is displayed
the flourishing state of the Gentile - church, under the Messiah.
Thy light - Thy flourishing and prosperous state.
Verse 2. The darkness - All kinds of errors. The Lord - Christ. Shall be
seen - Shall be conspicuous; as the Lord's arising, to the darkness
covering the earth, so the glory being seen, answers to that gross
darkness.
Verse 3. The Gentiles - A plain prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles.
Verse 5. See - With delight the multitudes of thy children running to
thee. Flow - They shall flock together to behold such an amazing
sight. Fear - Or stand amazed. Enlarged - Both with joy, and love.
The abundance - The islands of the sea, the nations, shall turn to
thee in religion, and affection. The forces - Or wealth.
Verse 6. The multitude - The treasure, that is brought upon camels. By
these, and such like figurative expressions in several verses of this
chapter is implied the coming in of all nations to Christ, and
therefore they are brought in as presenting the chief commodities
of their respective countries. Dromedaries - A smaller sort of
camel. Ephah - The Midianites, and Ephahites dwelt beyond
Arabia. Sheba - A country in Arabia Felix, whose queen it was,
that came to visit Solomon, and her bringing gifts might be a type
of this, Solomon being a type of Christ. Gold - The principal
commodities with which this country abounded, by which we are
to understand whatever is precious.
Verse 7. Kedar - Arabia Petrea. Acceptance - They shall not now, as
heretofore, be rejected. The house - The temple, or my house:
God shall become glorious by the multitude of sacrifices, that
shall be offered, and accepted here. This is a type of how glorious
his New Testament worship shall be.
Verse 8. A cloud - These metaphors import the number as well as speed,
of those that should be begotten by the apostles doctrine.
Verse 9. Ships - To convey them to me. Tarshish - Those that traffick by
sea. In naming this he implies all that had commerce with other
nations. From far - From the remotest parts. Glorified - He will
make thee honourable in the eyes of the world, especially in
setting up the ministry of the gospel in the midst of thee.
Verse 10. Minister - Shall administer all necessaries to thee. I had mercy
- As I afflicted thee in my anger, so out of my compassion I will
abundantly bless thee.
Verse 11. Therefore - For that purpose; by reason of the conflux of
people, that shall be continually flocking thither.
Verse 12. Serve - That will not submit to Christ's scepter.
Verse 13. The glory - The box, the fir, the pine, and the cedar, on
account whereof Lebanon was so famous; kings and great ones,
the glory of the world, and also persons of a lower rank, shall be
the materials, and members of Christ's church. To beautify - This
is the reason and end why the glory of Lebanon is to be brought
hither; by these trees understand the beauty, and nobility of the
church. Sanctuary - The temple wherein was the sanctuary. The
place of my feet - The ark, so called, because, supposing God
after the manner of men, to sit between the wings of the cherubim,
his feet would rest upon the ark. All this is made good in the
gospel-church.
Verse 14. The sons - Either their posterity, or themselves, for it is the
manner of the Hebrew so to speak. Bending - Humbling
themselves, as penitents. Call thee - They shall acknowledge her
to be so.
Verse 15. Forsaken - Both of God and of her inhabitants. No man went -
Thy streets were left desolate.
Verse 16. Shalt suck - That the church shall draw, or receive the wealth
of nations, and the riches, and power of kings, and whatever is
most excellent, and that it shall come freely, and affectionately, as
milk flows from the breast of the mother.
Verse 17. For brass - An allusion to the days of Solomon, when gold
was as brass. Peace - Loving, meek, and peaceable. Righteousness
- Most righteous. Such even thy tax-gatherers shall be.
Verse 18. Salvation - They shall be safe, and able to defend thee; thou
shalt be as safe, as salvation itself can make thee. Thy gates -
Within and upon thy gates and walls, thou shalt sing praises. All
this will be fulfilled during the thousand years wherein Christ
shall reign upon earth.
Verse 19. The sun - These shall not be esteemed in comparison of the
spiritual light of the church; but here laid down for the churches
comfort as the former was for her safety, so that God will not only
be a shield, but a sun. The Lord - Christ shall scatter all darkness
and ignorance, and this light shall not wax, and wane, and suffer
eclipses, and settings, as the sun and moon do, but shall be
constant, without shadow of change. The glory - Always
ministering matter of glorying in him.
Verse 21. The branch - Thy people being of my planting, the work of my
hands.
Verse 22. In time - In due time, the time that I have appointed.
Chapter 60:
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