Isaiah 51:16

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou [art] my people.

Ver. 16. And I have put my words in thy mouth.] O Isaiah, my servant; but especially, O Christ, my Son.

That I may plant the heavens, &c.] God doth as great a wonder, in saying to Zion, "Thou art my people," in the work of renovation, as if he had made a new world. "Whosoever is in Christ is a new creature," or a new creation. 2Co 5:17 Christ is called, "The beginning of the creation of God." Rev 3:14 Some, by "planting the heavens and laying the foundation of the earth" here, understand the state of the gospel, called by St Peter a "new heaven and a new earth"; and the same, they say, is called by our Saviour "regeneration" in Matthew 19:28, "Ye which have followed me in the regeneration," &c.; and by the author to the Hebrews, "The world to come." Heb 2:5