Isaiah 60:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. ”

Isaiah 60:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lift up thine eyes - Jerusalem is here addressed as a female with eyes cast down from grief. She is directed to lift them up, and to see the great multitudes that were flocking to her. Wherever s...
Isaiah 60:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lift up thy eyes around, and see: all (d) they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at [thy] side. (d) An infinite number fr...
Isaiah 60:4 - 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...
Isaiah 60:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

all they, &c. This is still future. sons... daughters. These are not Gentiles therefore, but true Israelites ( Jeremiah 31:10 ). Compare Ezekiel 34:11-15 . nursed, &c. Carried on the...
Isaiah 60:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Lift up thine eyes round about. By a variety of expressions he confirms that promise of the restoration of the Church which appeared to be altogether incredible. Nor was it easy to convin...
Isaiah 60:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Shall be nursed at thy...
Isaiah 60:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Lift up thine eye...
Isaiah 60:4 - 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...
Isaiah 60:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lift up thine eyes... — Repeated from Isaiah 49:18 . Thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side... — Asin Isaiah 66:12 , the words point to the Eastern custom of carrying young children on the...
Isaiah 60:4 - 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...
Isaiah 60:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord Glorifies His People Isaiah 60:1-14 From this chapter and onward, the prophet predicts the glories of the restored Hebrew people. In a secondary sense, they are also true of the Church...
Isaiah 60:4 - 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...
Isaiah 60:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a blessed and soul-reviving thought is it, amidst the melancholy prospect all around, of sin and sorrow, in the present miserable state of things, that the kingdom of Jesus is neither weak nor s...
Isaiah 60:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see ,.... The Gentiles and kings coming to Christ and his church; the vast number of converts flocking from all parts of the world to join themselves to the churc...
Isaiah 60:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at [thy] side. Ver. 4. Lift up thin...
Isaiah 60:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lift up thine eyes round about Or, in a circle, into all parts of the earth. He seems to refer to the apostles and disciples, with their successors, carrying the gospel into all quarters of the wor...
Isaiah 60:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Extension of the Church. B. C. 706. 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the g...
Isaiah 60:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lift up thine eyes round abrupt; or in a circle; into all parts of the earth: it seems to relate to the apostles and disciples, with their successors, carrying the gospel into all parts of the worl...
Isaiah 60:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Lift up your eyes round about and see, They all gather themselves together, they come to you, Yours sons will come from far, And your daughters will be nursed on the side, Then you will see and...
Isaiah 60:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE DAWNING OF GOD’S LIGHT, AND ITS AWAKENING CALL Isaiah 60:1-6 . Arise, shine, for thy light is come, &c. We ourselves are a part fulfilment of this prophecy. It is Israel’s God we worship...
Isaiah 60:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 60:1-3 . Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall...
Isaiah 60:4 - 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...
Isaiah 60:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Arise, shine; for thy light is come The glory of spiritual Israel Having repeatedly and fully shown that the national pro-eminence of Israel was not to be perpetual, that the loss of it was the...
Isaiah 60:4 - 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...
Isaiah 60:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Glory of the Messiah upon the Gentiles
Isaiah 60:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:44 ; Galatians 3:28 ; Galatians 3:29 ; Isaiah 42:6 ; Isaiah 49:18 ; Isaiah 49:20-22 ; Isaiah 66:11 ; Isaiah 66:12 ; John 4:35 ; Matthew 8:11

Isaiah 60:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 60:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 60:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 60:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 60:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 60:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 60:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 60:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 60:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 60:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 60:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 60:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 60:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 60:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge