Isaiah 60:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. ”

• Isaiah 60:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Thy sun shall no more go down - There shall be no total and long night of calamity, error, and sin. This is designed to describe the flourishing and glorious state of the church. It, of course, d...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Glories of the New Jerusalem. This, with Isaiah 61 f., is marked by close imitation of the style of 2 Is. Isaiah 60:1-3 . The prophet, taking for his standpoint the fulfilment of his predi...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Thy sun... go down. These prophecies mourning. See note on Isaiah 3:26 . yet await

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1003 THE CHURCH’S PROSPERITY Isaiah 60:19-20 . The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee a...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The sun, &c.— Every body must perceive that this sublime passage is to be understood metaphorically; and the meaning is, that at the period here spoken of, the church shall be illuminated much...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Thy sun shall no more go dow...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. The light of deliverance so long waited for ( Isaiah 59:9 ) is about to shine. This prophecy received its highest fulfilment at the coming of Christ, the true Light of the world, which was follo...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXIV SALVATION IN SIGHT Isaiah 60:1-22 THE deliverance from Babylon has long been certain, since chapter 48; all doubts in the way of Return have been removed, Isaiah 49:1-26 through...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “He Is Their Everlasting Light” Isaiah 60:15-22 What a graphic delineation is presented in these words of the privileges of the consecrated life! The Mighty One of Jacob becomes its Savior. The...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In this and the next two Chapter s, we have a glorious description of the ultimate realization of the purposes of God. It commences with a declaration of the material prosperity of the people describ...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The very blessed things here spoken of, evidently refer to the Church above, and we must look forward to the full accomplishment of them in the new heavens and new earth, wherein righteousness dwelle...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Thy sun shall no more go down ,.... This is a different sun from the former; this is the church's sun, and no other than the sun of righteousness, Christ Jesus; who has his risings and settings now,...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Ver. 20. Thy sun shall no more go...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The sun shall be no more thy light , &c. The light of the sun and moon shall not be at all esteemed in comparison of the spiritual light of the church, which shall be so glorious as to eclipse a...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Glory of the Church. B. C. 706.       15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so t...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Literally he means the Jews mourning in Babylon, but especially the uninterrupted happiness of the church: the Hebrew here for ended signifies recompensed ; their days of rejoicing shall abundantl...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘The sun will no more be your light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give light to you, But Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, And your God your glory. Your sun shall no more go...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EARTHLY DARKNESS AND HEAVENLY LIGHT Isaiah 60:20 . Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon, &c. No one who is capable of appreciating the higher forms of poetry can refuse to p...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  This is a chapter full of good news, a prophecy of the bright days that are yet to come to this dark world. These dull days are not to last for ever. The reign of wickedness will come to an end, and...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  This chapter contains the full cup of consolation given to Zion, after all her woes and long afflictions in the dark ages of the church. But it is, as Matthew Henry judiciously observes, “the gospel...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Thy sun shall no more go down The world of light I. THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT. “The Lord.” This is true even of the present world. The light which reason sheds on our path is a ray of His kindlin...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  SECTION VII . THE GLORIES OF THE RESTORED JERUSALEM ( Isaiah 60:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 60:1-23 A SONG OF TRIUMPH UPON GLORIFIED ZION . This is rather a detach...

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• Isaiah 60:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Happiness Attending the Glorification of the Messiah

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• Isaiah 60:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Amos 8:9 ; Isaiah 25:8 ; Isaiah 30:19 ; Isaiah 35:10 ; Malachi 4:2 ; Psalms 27:1 ; Psalms 84:11 ; Revelation 21:4 ; Revelation 7:15-17

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