Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 60:14
The sons — Either their posterity, or themselves, for it is the manner of the Hebrews so to speak. Bending — Humbling themselves, as penitents. Call thee — They shall acknowledge her to be so.
The sons — Either their posterity, or themselves, for it is the manner of the Hebrews so to speak. Bending — Humbling themselves, as penitents. Call thee — They shall acknowledge her to be so.
THE SONS OF THEM THAT AFFLICTED THEE - In the previous verses the prophet had said that strangers and foreigners would become tributary to the true religion. Here, to give variety and interest to the...
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AFFLICTED. oppressed. See Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 6:12; Isaiah 7:16. SHALL COME, &C. Not fulfilled yet....
The homage done to Zion by her former oppressors is probably to be regarded as the consequence of the new glory which accrues to the Sanctuary (Isaiah 60:13). _The sons also … feet_ The LXX. reads si...
2. GAIN TEXT: Isaiah 60:8-14 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from...
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the L...
1. The light of deliverance so long waited for (Isaiah 59:9) is about to shine. This prophecy received its highest fulfilment at the coming of Christ, the true Light of the world, which was followed b...
Whether people realise it or not, their deepest desires can find true satisfaction only in the God of Israel. That is true about the desires both of people, and of whole nations. THE *LORD WILL ESTAB...
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THE SONS ALSO OF THEM THAT AFFLICTED THEE... — The explanation commonly given is that the “sons” are named because the persecutors themselves are thought of as no more. It seems better, however, to se...
וְ הָלְכ֨וּ אֵלַ֤יִךְ שְׁחֹ֨וחַ֙ בְּנֵ֣י מְעַנַּ֔יִךְ...
CHAPTER XXIV SALVATION IN SIGHT Isaiah 60:1 THE deliverance from Babylon has long been certain, since chapter 48; all doubts in the way of Return have been removed, Isaiah 49:1 through Isaiah 52:12;...
THE LORD GLORIFIES HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 60:1-14 From this chapter and onward, the prophet predicts the glories of the restored Hebrew people. In a secondary sense, they are also true of the Church, for...
In this and the next two Chapter s, we have a glorious description of the ultimate realization of the purposes of God. It commences with a declaration of the material prosperity of the people describe...
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending to thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves (p) down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the...
_Feet. Protestants, "shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet." This posture is not then essentially idolatrous. (Haydock) --- Jerusalem shall be rebuilt by those who destroyed it, chap. xli...
In what lofty language, of the most blessed import, and under what gracious similitudes, doth the Lord speak of the glories and happiness of the Church! But let the Reader carefully remember, that it...
14._And the sons of them that afflict thee shall come. _He continues the same subject, for he shows how splendid will be this work of redemption; that is, that they who persecuted or despised the Chur...
Chapter 60 gives us the condition and the glory of Jerusalem in that time of blessing: all of the people thus spared would be righteous....
THE SONS ALSO OF THEM THAT AFFLICTED THEE SHALL COME BENDING UNTO THEE,.... The posterity of the Jews, who persecuted the first Christian churches, even those who say they are Jews and are not; these...
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LO...
_The sons of them, that afflicted thee_ Their posterity, or themselves, for it is the manner of the Hebrews so to speak; _shall come bending unto thee_ Humbling themselves as penitents, and thus manif...
THE HAPPINESS ATTENDING THE GLORIFICATION OF THE MESSIAH...
The sons also of them that afflicted thee, of the former oppressors and enemies of the Church, SHALL COME BENDING UNTO THEE, in humble submission to Jehovah; AND ALL THEY THAT DESPISED THEE SHALL BOW...
9-14 God will be very gracious. We must begin with his promise, thence all mercies take rise. Many shall be brought into the church, even from far countries. Christ is always ready to receive all who...
THE SONS; either their posterity, acknowledging their fathers sins in afflicting thee; or themselves; for it is the manner of the Hebrews to put the sons of a thing for the thing itself. BENDING; humb...
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‘And the sons of those who afflicted you, Will come bending to you, And all those who despised you, Will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet, And they will call you ‘the city of Yahweh',...
The subject of this chapter is, «The glory of the Church in the abundant access of the Gentiles, and the great blessings after a short affliction.» Isaiah 60:1. _Arise, shine; for thy light is come,...
This is a chapter full of good news, a prophecy of the bright days that are yet to come to this dark world. These dull days are not to last for ever. The reign of wickedness will come to an end, and e...
Isaiah 60:1. _Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall aris...
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This chapter contains the full cup of consolation given to Zion, after all her woes and long afflictions in the dark ages of the church. But it is, as Matthew Henry judiciously observes, “the gospel c...
_The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee_ HONOUR DONE TO THE CHURCH A promise like this is made to the Church of Philadelphia (Revelation 3:9); and it is intended to b...
SECTION VII. THE GLORIES OF THE RESTORED JERUSALEM (Isaiah 60:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 60:1 A SONG OF...
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, a...
Hebrews 12:22; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 49:23;...