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Isaiah 64
The church's prayer continued, for the illustration of God's
glory, ver. 1-5. With a confession of their sins, and complaint of
their afflictions, ver. 6-12.
Verse 1. Rent - A metaphor taken from men, that when they would
resolutely help one in distress, break and fling open doors and
whatever may hinder. Flow down - That all impediments might be
removed out of the way: possibly an allusion to God's coming
down upon mount Sinai, in those terrible flames of fire.
Verse 2. Fire - Come with such zeal for thy people, that the solid
mountains may be no more before thy breath, than metal that runs,
or water that boils by the force of a vehement fire. Known - That
thine enemies may know thy power, and that thy name may be
dreaded among them.
Verse 3. Terrible things - This may relate to what he did among the
Egyptians, tho' it be not recorded, and afterward in the wilderness.
Looked not for - Such things as we could never expect. Mountains
- Kings, princes, and potentates, may metaphorically be
understood by these mountains.
Verse 4. Besides thee - This is to be applied to all the wonderful works,
that God at all times wrought for his people: and thus they are a
plea with God, that they might well expect such things from him
now, that had done such wonderful things for their fathers.
Waiteth - This may be taken with reference both to the state of
grace and glory, those incomprehensible things that are exhibited
through Christ in the mysteries of the gospel.
Verse 5. Meetest - As the father the prodigal. Worketh - That rejoices to
work righteousness. Continuance - To those that work
righteousness. Be saved - In so doing, in working righteousness.
Verse 6. Unclean - Formerly there were some that feared thee; but now
we are all as one polluted mass, nothing of good left in us by
reason of an universal degeneracy. And all - The very best of us
all are no better than the uncleanest things. Taken - Carried away
to Babylon, as leaves hurried away by a boisterous wind.
Verse 7. That calleth - That call upon thee as they ought. Take hold -
Either to stay thee from departing from us, or to fetch thee back
when departed.
Verse 8. Our father - Notwithstanding all this thou art our father both by
creation, and by adoption, therefore pity us thy children.
Verse 9. Thy people - Thou hast no people in covenant but us, and wilt
thou not leave thyself a people in the world?
Verse 11. Pleasant things - The king's palace, and the houses of the
nobles, and other pieces of state and magnificence.
Verse 12. Wilt thou - Do none of these things move thee to take
vengeance? Thy peace - Wilt thou be as one that regards not?
Chapter 64:
| 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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