Isaiah 28:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is a blessed verse, which comes in like some precious cordial to a dying man, who had been fainting before under afflictions all around. But, Reader! who is the person here spoken of, to whom he said? W ho is the He her e meant? I do not presume to determine, but, I venture to believe, that it is He who guided the prophet Isaiah's pen, even God the Holy Ghost. And who, and what, is the rest to whom the prophet was to direct the people; and at a time when their own prophets and priests, by their errors and drunkenness, could not teach knowledge? Who could this be, but thee, thou blessed Jesus, who in the days of thy flesh didst invite to come to thee, the weary and heavy laden, and they should find rest to their souls? Matthew 11:28-29. Reader! do you know Jesus, under this character? Have you come to him, and found him indeed the refreshing? Oh! how blessed, under all the storms and disquietudes of life, to say, with one of old, Return unto thy rest, unto thy Jesus, my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee! Psalms 116:7.