“ Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? ”
Who are these that fly as a cloud? - In multitudes so numerous, that they appear as a dense cloud. The prophet, in vision, sees a vast multitude coming to Jerusalem, or hastening to embrace the t...
Who [are] these (i) [that] fly as a cloud, and as doves to their windows? (i) Showing what great number will come to the Church, and with what great diligence and zeal.
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...
Who are these... ? Referring probably to the ships whose sails are compared to wings, developed in next verse.
8. Who are those? As the Prophet cannot satisfy himself in describing this gift of God, he breaks out into admiration, and exclaims, “Who are those?“ This is far more forcible than if he had...
DISCOURSE: 1000 MILLENNIAL PIETY DESCRIBED Isaiah 60:8 .— Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? THERE is much spoken in the Holy Scriptures respecting the glory...
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? And as the doves to their windows "And like doves upon the wing?" - Instead of אל el, to, forty-two MSS. of Kennicott's, and...
Who are these that fly? &c.— Vitringa understands by this new crowd of believers hastening to the church, the Greeks and Asiatics, and those of the west, groaning under the Ottoman empire, who,...
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? Who (are) these (that) fly as a cloud ... ? The prophet, seeing in vision new hosts approaching quickly like a cloud of d...
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...
Who are these... — The vision of the prophet brings before him the cloud-like sails of the ships that. are bringing back the exiles over the Mediterrauear and the Red Seas, hastening to their home...
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...
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...
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...
Reader! pause, I pray you over these sweet verses. Can there be a more delightful thought, than that of souls flying to Christ, as doves, who by instinct take shelter in their houses? Mark what Jesus...
Who are these that fly as a cloud ,.... Referring to the vast number of converts before mentioned, who are compared to a "cloud" for the number of them, covering Judea as the clouds do the heavens;...
Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? Ver. 8. Who are these that fly as a cloud? ] Which flieth more swiftly than any bird, and covereth the sky far and near....
Who are these that fly as a cloud These metaphors import the number, as well as speed, of those that should be begotten by the apostles' doctrine. “By this new crowd of believers hastening to the c...
The Extension of the Church. B. C. 706. 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the g...
In the 4th verse he spake to them as upon some high watch tower, whereby they might behold as in a circle all the parts of the world. Now espying from all parts, he brings them in calling out with ad...
‘Who are these who fly as the clouds, And as the doves to their windows (openings in the dovecotes). Surely the isles (coastlands) will wait for me, And the ships of Tarshish first, To bring your...
THE SURPRISING INCREASE OF THE CHURCH Isaiah 60:8 . Who are these that fly as a cloud? &c. God is here represented as addressing His Church ( Isaiah 60:1 ). In the text the Church breaks in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Glory of the Messiah upon the Gentiles
Genesis 8:8-11 ; Hebrews 12:1 ; Isaiah 45:22 ; Isaiah 60:4 ; Luke 13:29 ; Revelation 7:9
A cloud — These metaphors import the number as well as speed, of those that should be begotten by the apostles doctrine.