Isaiah 65:8-10

Thus saith the Lord, &c.— Thus, &c. as when one findeth a good grape in the cluster, and sayeth, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it, &c. Lowth. See ch. Isaiah 10:22 where a promise similar to this is given. The proposition of divine grace, respecting the faithful, is contained in the 8th verse, and more fully explained in the 9th and 10th. In chap. 17: we have a simile of nearly the same kind, and equally elegant with that in Isaiah 65:8. The meaning is, that if in a bunch of bad grapes a good one or two be found, full of good juice, wherein is the blessing, the vintager selects it from the rest, and does not destroy it, as expecting it to come to perfection; so God would not destroy the whole nation of the Jews, but preserve it for the sake of a few righteous persons to be found among them. It is added in the next verse, that to these faithful worshippers of God, as a reward of their duty and constancy, should be granted the secure inhabitation and possession of the land of Canaan, and of Jerusalem, built upon the holy mountains, here called the mountains of God; together with the free use of the flourishing fields and meadows of that country; such as were Scharon and Achor. See Hosea 2:15.Song of Solomon 2:1. Achor was a valley to the north of Jericho, opposite to the town of Ai, where Achan was put to death, and which was remarkably fertile. Joshua 7:26.