EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
Isaiah 66:18
People cannot hide anything from God (see Psalms 94:9-11; Proverbs 20:12; Luke 6:8).
• God’s action appears elsewhere in the Bible (see Ezekiel 39:25-29).
People cannot hide anything from God (see Psalms 94:9-11; Proverbs 20:12; Luke 6:8).
• God’s action appears elsewhere in the Bible (see Ezekiel 39:25-29).
Verse Isaiah 66:18. _FOR I_ KNOW _THEIR WORKS_] A word is here lost out of the present text, leaving the text quite imperfect. The word is יודע _yodea, knowing_, supplied from the _Syriac_. The _Chal...
FOR I KNOW THEIR WORKS - The word ‘know,’ says Lowth, is here evidently left out of the Hebrew text, leaving the sense quite imperfect. It is found in the Syriac; the Chaldee evidently had that word i...
CHAPTER 66 The Finale: The Two Classes and the Prophecy of Isaiah in a Retrospect 1. _The apostates and their wicked worship (Isaiah 66:1) _ 2. _The remnant suffering and encouraged (Isaiah 66:5) _ 3...
ISAIAH 66. Here divisions are hard to define. The theme the coming punishment of the apostates and the coming glory of the pious is pursued now on one side, now on the other. ISAIAH 66:1. AN ATTACK O...
THOUGHTS. devices. I WILL GATHER. Compare Joel 3:2.Zephaniah 3:8. SIGN. See note on Isaiah 7:11 SEND: as missionaries. THOSE THAT ESCAPE: i.e. the remnant of saved Israel TARSHISH.
The extension of the knowledge of Jehovah's power to the outlying nations, and the consequent voluntary surrender of the Israelites exiled among them. The first sentence of Isaiah 66:18 is untranslat...
DISCOURSE: 1025 THE JEWS TO CONVERT THE GENTILES Isaiah 66:18. It shall come, that I will gather all nations and longues; and they shall come, and see my glory. And I will set a sign among them; and I...
THEY THAT SANCTIFY THEMSELVES— These verses specify the cause of the extreme severity denounced in those preceding, and are to be understood figuratively, like the expressions used in Isaiah 66:3 and...
IT SHALL COME, THAT I WILL GATHER, &C.— The prophet here describes the manner of converting the Gentiles, after the rejection of the greater part of the Jews. Vitringa thinks that this alludes to the...
3. BUILDING OF ZION TEXT: Isaiah 66:15-24 15 For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames...
For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. For I (knew) - know is not in the Hebrew. Rather, understa...
1. WHERE, etc.] RV 'what manner of house.. what place shall be my rest.' The v. is a strong rebuke of such as, without a really religious spirit, idly trusted in the inviolability of Zion, and the pro...
FOR I KNOW THEIR WORKS... — The Hebrew has no verb, either — as in the _Quos ego_ ... of Virgil, _Æn., 1:1_39 — for the sake of emphasis, or through an accidental omission in transcription. _I know_ i...
וְ אָנֹכִ֗י מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ וּ מַחְשְׁבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם בָּאָ֕ה...
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...
ALL FLESH SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD Isaiah 66:15-24 The prophet makes it clear that, whatever blessings accrue in the golden future, they will be apportioned to those alone, who are the Israel of God, n...
This last chapter is confessedly difficult of interpretation. In it the prophet seems to look beyond all that he has previously described, and to deal with destiny. He first announces anew the fact of...
For I [know] their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my (t) glory. (t) The Gentiles will be partakers of that glory, wh...
_Gather them, thoughts, &c. All is personified in poetry. The Gentiles shall witness my judgments. (Calmet)_...
The call of the Gentiles, the gathering of the Jews, the formation of a kingdom of priests and Kings the wonders to be accomplished in redemption, and the awful state of those who finally reject the g...
18._For I _—_their works, and their thoughts. _(228) He confirms what he said in the preceding verse; namely, that punishment shall be executed on all the ungodly, in order that, although the Lord per...
Chapter 66 speaks of the judgment that introduces it, and consequently gives us more historical details. The temple is rebuilt in Jerusalem (Isaiah 66:6), but Jehovah does not own it, man alone being...
FOR I KNOW THEIR WORKS, AND THEIR THOUGHTS,.... That is, of the persons before described; their evil works and thoughts, which are known to Christ the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the hear...
For I [know] their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. Ver. 18. For I know (or, I will punish) their works and...
_For I know their works and their thoughts_ Of idolatry, superstition, and other wickedness. The word _know_ not being in the Hebrew, some apply the ellipsis thus: _I have observed their works_, &c. O...
THE HAPPINESS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH...
For I know their works and their thoughts, or, "so far as their works and their ideas are concerned. " IT SHALL COME THAT I WILL GATHER ALL NATIONS AND TONGUES; AND THEY SHALL COME AND SEE MY GLORY, w...
15-24 A prophetic declaration is given of the Lord's vengeance on all enemies of his church, especially that of all antichristian opposers of the gospel in the latter days. Ver...
The Hebrew is thus word for word. _And I their works, and their thoughts, coming together all nations and languages, and they shall come and see my glory_. So that it is necessary for interpreters to...
Isaiah 66:18 works H4639 thoughts H4284 be H935 (H8802) gather H6908 (H8763) nations H1471 tongues H3956 come...
THERE WILL BE DELIVERANCE FOR MANY IN THE NATIONS SOME OF WHOM WILL BECOME PRIESTS AND LEVITES (ISAIAH 66:18). Isaiah 66:18 “It comes, and I will gather all nations and tongues, And they will come...
THOSE WHO FOLLOW FALSE RELIGION WILL COME TO AN END TOGETHER (ISAIAH 66:17 A). Isaiah 66:17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens behind one in the midst, Eati...
CONTENTS: Blessings of the coming universal Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Following the day of Christ's vengeance the sorrows of Israel will be turned into abundant joys. All the Gen...
Isaiah 66:1. _The heaven is my throne._ This chapter applies to Isaiah's time, as well as to future times; and though the Lord rejected the impure worship of the temple, yet he would dwell with the co...
_It shall some, that I will gather all nations and tongues._ THE CONVERSION OF THE WORLD I. FUTURE PROSPECTS OF PROVIDENCE RESPECTING THE GLORIOUS WORK OF THE CONVERSION OF THE WORLD TO CHRIST. II....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 66:1 Though the worship of God is violated now, in the future falsehood will be judged, true worship will spread, and God will be honored forever. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 66:18 TIME... TO GATHER ALL NATIONS. See Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 40:5;...
SECTION XII.—FINAL THREATENINGS AND PROMISES (Isaiah 66:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 66:1 THE UNGODLY EXILES REBUKED
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? (Isaiah 66:1) They're going to build a new te...
1 Corinthians 3:20; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Amos 5:12; Deuteronomy 31:21;...
Come — It shall come to pass that I will cast them off, and then l will gather all nations, &c. My glory — My oracles, my ordinances, which hitherto have been locked up in the church of the Jews, and...