Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 65:16
God of truth — Because they shall see what God promised is fulfilled. Are hid — That is, they are at an end.
God of truth — Because they shall see what God promised is fulfilled. Are hid — That is, they are at an end.
THAT HE WHO BLESSETH HIMSELF IN THE EARTH - That is, he who shall invoke blessings on himself. SHALL BLESS HIMSELF IN THE GOD OF TRUTH - Or by the true God. He shall not seek a blessing from a false...
CHAPTER 65 Jehovah's Answer: The Rebellious and Their Judgment, the Faithful and Their Blessings 1. _The divine rebuke to the apostates (Isaiah 65:1) _ 2. _The elect seed (Isaiah 65:9) _ 3. The judg...
THE COMING GOOD FORTUNE OF THE RIGHTEOUS. Yahweh again is the speaker. My people shall rejoice in the satisfaction of their wants when ye, rebellious ones, are wailing in your need. Nought shall be le...
THAT. So that. HE WHO BLESSETH, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4). TRUTH. faithfulness. Compare 2 Corinthians 1:20. SHALL SWEAR, &C. Reference to Penta
_That_ R.V., SO THAT (as Genesis 11:7; Psalms 95:11; Malachi 4:1, &c.). _he who blesseth himself in the_ LAND] i.e. "who invokes a blessing on himself"; cf....
Contrast between the fate of these idolaters and that of Jehovah's servants....
2. CHARACTERIZED TEXT: Isaiah 65:13-16 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; beh...
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and bec...
65:16 land (g-9) Or 'earth.' truth; (h-17) truth. (h-31) Heb. _ Amen_ ....
The meaning is that men will recognise the faithfulness of Jehovah....
1. Render, 'I have offered answers to those who asked not; I have been at hand to those who sought me not.. a nation that hath not called upon my name.' The v. refers to the Israelites who neglected J...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 65 CHAPTER S 65-66 refer to subjects in CHAPTER S 1-4. • In chapter 2:1-...
The ‘God whose name is Truth’ means ‘the *Lord is always true to his promises’. His people can trust him completely at all times. In the original language, the word ‘Truth’ is ‘Amen’ (see 2 Corinthian...
SHALL BLESS HIMSELF IN THE GOD OF TRUTH... — Literally, _the God of the Amen._ In Revelation 3:14 we have an echo of the Hebrew; in John 17:3 we have as distinct an echo of the LXX. rendering, τὸν θεὸ...
אֲשֶׁ֨ר הַ מִּתְבָּרֵ֜ךְ בָּ † אָ֗רֶץ יִתְבָּרֵךְ֙...
CHAPTER XXV A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1 WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been considering the prophecy of Israel's Redemption had re...
A NEW EARTH FOR GOD'S SERVANTS Isaiah 65:13-25 Notice the wide difference that religion makes to the soul. The children of God are secured against the evils which visit all others. _They_ eat; _they...
In this chapter we have a graphic description of the working of the principle of discrimination, the sifting of the people by God. There is first a contrast between the false and the true. The rebelli...
That he who blesseth himself in the (u) earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former (x) troubles are forgotten,...
_Amen, or "of truth." False gods shall be neglected. They shall not swear by them, as formerly, Sophonias i. 5. --- Christ usually adopted the asseveration, Amen, Amen, to enforce his truths. (Haydock...
Reader! do not hastily pass over the review of these verses. They are like the pillar of cloud in the camp, which, while giving light to Israel, became darkness to, their foes, the Egyptians. Who can...
16._He who blesseth himself in the earth. _Here the whole world is contrasted with a corner of Judea, in which the worship of God might be said to be shut up. Since the time when God has been manifest...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 64 AND 65. The next two Chapter s give us a full revelation of the dealings of God in answer to this appeal. First of all, God, through His grace, had been so...
THAT HE WHO BLESSETH HIMSELF IN THE EARTH,.... That is sensible he stands in need of blessings, and wishes for them, and prays he might have them; or that takes notice that he is blessed with them, an...
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and bec...
_That he who blesseth himself in the earth_ In any part of the world, for God shall have servants out of all nations, that shall be dignified with this new name; _shall bless himself in the God of tru...
that he who blesseth himself in the earth, calling down some blessing upon his head, SHALL BLESS HIMSELF IN THE GOD OF TRUTH, literally, "in the God of Amen," in Him who fulfils all His promises to Hi...
A REMNANT SAVED...
11-16 Here the different states of the godly and wicked, of the Jews who believed, and of those who persisted in unbelief, are set against one another. They prepared a table for that troop of deities...
I will bring it to pass, that over all the world, if any man _bless himself_, or bless another, it shall be in God _Amen_. So the Hebrew (we translate it the God of truth). _Amen_ is a name given to C...
Isaiah 65:16 blesses H1288 (H8693) earth H776 bless H1288 (H8691) God H430 truth H543 swears H7650 ...
GOD'S CHOSEN ONES WILL RECEIVE GREAT BLESSING, BUT IT WILL NOT BE SHARED BY THESE WHO HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED. AND GOD WILL CREATE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, AND A NEW JERUSALEM. THE OLD WILL HAVE PASS...
CONTENTS: Answer of Jehovah to remnant of Israel. Eternal blessing in the renovated earth. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Although Jehovah has long stretched forth His hand to a disobedient and gainsa...
Isaiah 65:4. _Which remain among the graves._ The LXX add, _dream._ Perhaps Jude had this text in his eye, when he calls the wicked “filthy dreamers.” _See Augustine's city of God. Which eat swine's f...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 65:1 Though the people of God have unfaithful sinners mixed among them now, he is eager to bring them into their glorious eternal home. His eagerness is rejected by Jews but welc...
SECTION XI.—GOD'S ANSWER TO THE EXILES' PRAYER (Isaiah 65:1.) EXPOSITION ISAIAH 65:1 ISRAEL'S SUFFERINGS
Now God answers the prayer offered by the remnant of the people and He said, I am sought of them that asked not for me (Isaiah 65:1); Here's the remnant of the Jewish people calling to God. "If You'...
Daniel 12:1; Daniel 12:11; Deuteronomy 10:20; Deuteronomy 32:4;...