Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the Lord, &c.— Hear, &c. your brethren who hated you, who cast you out, say, Jehovah shall be glorified for, of on account of, my name: but we shall see your joy, &c. Vitringa supposes that the apostles and followers of Christ, the seed of the first church, who were to constitute that spiritual temple which God had determined to build and inhabit, upon the abolition of the material temple, are here addressed, and comforted by God, on account of the contempt, hatred, and excommunication of them, by their brethren among the Jews and Pharisees. See John 16:2. The words, the Lord shall be glorified for my name, that is to say, for that profession of faith which we hold, and of which we are the authors and teachers; these words belong to the pharisaical professors of religion; and the answer, but we shall see your joy, &c. to the prophetic chorus, or the true believers. See chap. Isaiah 65:5. The meaning of the next verse is, that God by his providence should so direct matters, that a hostile army should break in upon the city and temple, with great tumults and warlike shouts, and that these forces should be considered as the executors of his vengeance, and their tumult and clamours as his voice, at this time rendering recompence to his enemies. See Zechariah 14:13 and Vitringa.