Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 60:15
Forsaken — Both of God and of her inhabitants. No man went — Thy streets were left desolate.
Forsaken — Both of God and of her inhabitants. No man went — Thy streets were left desolate.
WHEREAS THOU HAST BEEN FORSAKEN - Hebrew, ‘Instead of (תחת _tachath_) thy being forsaken,’ that is, thy subsequent prosperity shall come in the place of thy being formerly forsaken. The forsaking here...
CHAPTER 60 The Glory Chapter: The Morning of a New Age and Its Blessing 1. _The light and glory has come (Isaiah 60:1) _ 2. _The darkness before the morning (Isaiah 60:2) _ 3. The conversion of the G...
THE GLORIES OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. This, with Isaiah 61 f., is marked by close imitation of the style of 2 Is. ISAIAH 60:1. The prophet, taking for his standpoint the fulfilment of his prediction, pic...
FORSAKEN. The type of the forsaken wife is changed to that of the forsaken Land. See note on Isaiah 1:4. eternal. This cannot refer to the prosperity of any past period of Israel's history. OF MANY G...
INSTEAD OF THY BEING _forsaken and hated_ Cf. ch. Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 49:21; Isaiah 54:6; Isaiah 54:11. so that no man went through t...
Instead of being shunned and hated by all nations, Zion shall become the joy of the whole earth, her wants being abundantly supplied from the best that the nations can bestow....
DISCOURSE: 1002 THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF THE JEWISH CHURCH Isaiah 60:15. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of m...
3. GOODNESS TEXT: Isaiah 60:15-22 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. 16 Thou shal...
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. FORSAKEN - (). SO THAT NO MAN WENT THROUGH THEE - t...
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...
The figure is that of a forsaken wife (Isaiah 54:6), but is quickly changed to that of a desolate land....
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...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 60 NEW *JERUSALEM WILL BE SPLENDID V1 ‘Rise, *Jerusalem, and shine like...
WHEREAS THOU HAST BEEN FORSAKEN... — The figure of the daughter of Zion, who had been as a forsaken and slighted wife (comp. Isaiah 62:4), mingles with the literal picture of a city in ruins, abandone...
תַּ֧חַת הֱיֹותֵ֛ךְ עֲזוּבָ֥ה וּ שְׂנוּאָ֖ה וְ...
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;...
“HE IS THEIR EVERLASTING LIGHT” Isaiah 60:15-22 What a graphic delineation is presented in these words of the privileges of the consecrated life! The Mighty One of Jacob becomes its Savior. Thencefor...
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...
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...
15._Instead of _(160) _thy having been forsaken and hated. _The Prophet has in his eye that intermediate period which was already at hand; for, soon after his death, the people were deprived of their...
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....
WHEREAS THOU HAST BEEN FORSAKEN,.... Seemingly forsaken of God; thought to be so by herself, which was matter of complaint; and by her enemies, which to them was matter of joy; the Lord not appearing...
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through [thee], I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. Ver. 15. _Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated._...
_Whereas thou hast been forsaken_ Both of God, as to outward appearance, and man; _and hated_ Either slighted and neglected, or suffering actual miseries and slaughters; _so that no man went through t...
THE HAPPINESS ATTENDING THE GLORIFICATION OF THE MESSIAH...
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, Isaiah 54:1, SO THAT NO MAN WENT THROUGH THEE, an expression increasing the picture of complete desolation, I WILL MAKE THEE AN ETERNAL EXCELLENCY, the highe...
15-22 We must look for the full accomplishment in times and things, exceeding those of the Old Testament church. The nations and their kings shall lay themselves out for the good of the church. Such...
FORSAKEN, both of God, i.e. as to outward appearance; and of her inhabitants, being upon the matter depopulated. HATED; either slighted and neglected, or suffering actual miseries and slaughters: thus...
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‘Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, So that no man passed through you, I will make you an everlasting excellency, A joy of many generations. You will also suck the milk of the nations, And...
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...
CONTENTS: The Deliverer out of Zion and the peace and joy of His coming. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: When the Redeemer shall appear in glory to be received as the Light of Israel, the knowl...
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...
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...
Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 54:6; Isaiah 61:7; Jeremiah 30:1