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Isaiah 60:1 open_in_new
Arise. Compare Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 51:17, "awake"; Isaiah 52:2, "awake"; Isaiah 60:1, "arise"; and contrast the cry to Babylon (Isaiah 47:1), "come down, sit in the dust". See App-82. This refers to the future.
shine. Compare 2 Samuel 23:4.
thy light: i.e. Israel's glory.
the glory of the LORD. Hebrew. kabod. See Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 6:3; Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 58:8. and Isaiah 60:2 here. Compare Psalms 106:20; Jeremiah 2:11.Haggai 2:3; Haggai 2:7; Haggai 2:9.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Isaiah 60:2 open_in_new
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos, to call attention to the condition of the nations just before Israel's future glory shines forth.
people. peoples.
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Isaiah 60:3 open_in_new
the Gentiles. nations.
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Isaiah 60:4 open_in_new
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 shoulders. So Chaldee and Septuagint. See note on Isaiah 49:22.
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Isaiah 60:5 open_in_new
flow together: or, according to the Targum and Syriac, "shall be lightened", as in Psalms 34:5.
fear. praise. Hebrew. pahad.. Homonym, with two meanings: (1) to fear, as in Deuteronomy 28:66; Job 23:15. but (2) to rejoice, here and Hosea 3:5. praise. See note there.
be enlarged. opened as with joy.
of the sea. of the rich seafaring peoples, for which "sea" is put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct).
converted. turned.
forces. fullness, riches, wealth, or resources. This prophecy looks far beyond the return under Ezra-Nehemiah. See verses: Isaiah 60:12; Isaiah 60:15, &c.
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Isaiah 60:6 open_in_new
The multitude. A stream.
Sheba. Compare Psalms 72:10. Both descended from Abraham and Keturah.
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Isaiah 60:7 open_in_new
Kedar. See Isaiah 21:16; Isaiah 21:17; Isaiah 42:11.
together. out.
the. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and the".
Nebaioth.. tribe allied to Kedar, descended from Ishmael (Genesis 25:13).
glorify. beautify.
house of My glory. My beautiful house.
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Isaiah 60:8 open_in_new
Who are these... ? Referring probably to the ships whose sails are compared to wings, developed in next verse.
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Isaiah 60:9 open_in_new
isles. maritime lands. See note on Isaiah 11:11.
shall wait. Compare Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 51:5.
ships of Tarshish. See note on Isaiah 2:16.
shall wait. Compare Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 51:5.
first. in the first place, or rank.
from far. This looks beyond Babylon.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
the Holy One of Israel. See note on Isaiah 1:4.
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Isaiah 60:10 open_in_new
the sons of strangers. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:43.Leviticus 22:25; Leviticus 22:25). These were expressly excluded.
strangers. foreigners.
in My wrath. Compare Isaiah 54:8; Zechariah 1:15.
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Isaiah 60:11 open_in_new
thy gates shall be open. Hebrew they shall keep thy gates open. The word "they" is impersonal: i.e. they who are continually bringing the exiles with their riches. Compare the same idiom in Luke 12:20, "they demand thy soul".
not be shut. These coming times are already being foreshadowed, for this has already been the case for the past few years. This looks beyond the Ezra- Nehemiah period, for see Nehemiah 13:19.
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Isaiah 60:12 open_in_new
the nation. shall perish. This is still future.
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Isaiah 60:13 open_in_new
the. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "and the".
the place of My feet: i.e. the Temple. Compare Isaiah 35:2.Psalms 99:5; Psalms 132:7. Figure of speech Periphrasis.
feet. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
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Isaiah 60:14 open_in_new
afflicted. oppressed. See Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 6:12; Isaiah 7:16.
shall come, &c. Not fulfilled yet. Matthew 8:11 refers to this. Compare Malachi 1:11.
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Isaiah 60:15 open_in_new
forsaken. The type of the forsaken wife is changed to that of the forsaken Land. See note on Isaiah 1:4. eternal. This cannot refer to the prosperity of any past period of Israel's history.
of many generations. of generation after generation.
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Isaiah 60:16 open_in_new
thou shalt know, &c. Reference to Pentateuch. See notes on Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 41:14, &c.
the LORD am thy Saviour. This constitutes another Jehovah title. Hebrew. Jehovah moshi'ek.
Redeemer. Compare Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 44:24, &c. (ten times in all, in Isaiah. Compare Proverbs 23:11.
the mighty One of Jacob. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:24). Compare Isaiah 49:26; Psalms 132:2-5. Including the whole natural seed, as well as the spiritual seed of Israel. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26, Gen 45:30.
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Isaiah 60:17 open_in_new
For brass. Note the correspondence (by contrast)of this verse with Isaiah 3:24. Compare also Isaiah 1:23-26.
thine exactors. thy tax-gatherers. See Luke 3:13.
righteousness. righteous. The very opposite to what they have been. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for righteous.
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Isaiah 60:18 open_in_new
Violence shall, &c. Compare Genesis 6:11; Genesis 6:13. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "So shall violence", &c.
walls. Compare Isaiah 26:1.
Salvation: or, Victory.
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Isaiah 60:20 open_in_new
Thy sun... go down. These prophecies
mourning. See note on Isaiah 3:26. yet await
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Isaiah 60:21 open_in_new
Thy People... all righteous. fulfilment.
for ever. This settles the whole question as to any fulfilment in the past.
My planting. Hebrew text has "His planting", but "My plantings" in the margin, with some codices, four early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate.
glorified. get Myself glory.
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Isaiah 60:23 open_in_new
A little one. The little one: i.e. he who has no sons, or few.
his. its. might be glorified.