My servants shall eat... — The form of the punishment is apparently determined by that of the sin. That had been the orgy of an idol’s feast; the penalty would be hunger and thirst, while joy and gladness would be the portion of those who had abstained from it. The words present a striking parallelism to Luke 6:20.
Verse Isaiah 65:13. _MY SERVANTS SHALT EAT, BUT YE SHALL BE HUNGRY_] Rabbi Joachan ben Zachai said in a parable: There was a king who invited his servants, but set them no time to come to the feast....
THEREFORE, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD - The design of this verse is to show what would be the difference between those who kept and those who forsook his commandments. The one would be objects of his fav...
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...
BEHOLD, &C. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), for emphasis. Figure of speech _Symploke._ Luke 6:25 refers to the period prophesied here. MY SERVANTS. Refers to the new Israel of Isaiah 26:2; Isai...
Contrast between the fate of these idolaters and that of Jehovah's servants....
DISCOURSE: 1020 DANGER OF DISREGARDING GOD Isaiah 65:12. Because when I called, ye did not answer; when T spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted...
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...
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be...
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 form of God’s punishment is the result of the bad people’s own choice. It is God who creates all things. When bad people cut off their relation with God, they cut off the source of their food. Go...
לָכֵ֞ן כֹּה ־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנֵּ֨ה...
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...
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall (r) eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall...
_Servants; Christians, (Calmet) particularly the elect. (Haydock) --- When the Romans approached Jerusalem, the Christians retired to Pella, and had plenty. (Houbigant)_...
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...
13.and 14._Behold, my servants shall eat. _Here also the Prophet more deafly distinguishes between hypocrites, who held a place in the Church, and the true and lawful children; for, although all witho...
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...
THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... This being the case, the following contrast is formed between those that believed in Christ, and those that rejected him: BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL EAT, BUT YE...
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be a...
_Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry_, &c. I will make a great difference between my faithful servants and such unbelievers as you are. This promise the Lord fulfilled in a remarkab...
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, the all-powerful Ruler of the universe, BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS, the believers, SHALL EAT, enjoy the fullness of God's blessings, BUT YE SHALL BE HUNGRY; BEHOLD, MY SER...
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...
As there are a party amongst you who, instead of serving God, are the servants of men, in complying with idolatry and superstition; so I have some servants amongst you who have distinguished themselve...
Isaiah 65:13 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 servants H5650 eat H398 (H8799) hungry H7456 ...
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...
_Behold, My servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry_ THE BETTER FEAST It is observable how frequently in Holy Scripture mankind are divided into two classes. In the text, the Lord God Himself cl...
_Therefore will I number you to the sword._ - THE DECLARATION OF GOD AGAINST THE DISOBEDIENCE OF ISRAEL I. THE ACCUSATION. A guilty inattention to the voice of God. II. THE THREAT (Isaiah 65:13)....
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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 65:13 MY SERVANTS. Both Jews and Gentiles. God excluded disloyal Jews and included responsive Gentiles (see Matthew 3:7;...
INCENTIVES TO RELIGIOUS DECISION Isaiah 65:13. _Behold My servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry, &c._ The principles of God’s conduct are the same in all ages, &c. No temptation is more common...
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 12:2; Isaiah 61:7; Isaiah 66:14; Isaiah 66:5; Luke 14:23;...