After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Primarily, in type, Israel's national revival, in a short period (" two or three" being used to denote a few days, Isaiah 17:6; Luke 13:32-33, "I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Nevertheless I must walk today, and tomorrow, and the day following"); antitypically the language is so framed as to refer in its full accuracy only to Messiah, the ideal Israel (Isaiah 49:3; the "Son called out of Egypt," as "Israel" was: cf. Matthew 2:15, with Hosea 11:1), raised on the third day (John 2:19, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up;" 1 Corinthians 15:4, "He rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures; cf. Isaiah 53:10). Compare the similar use of Israel's political resurrection as the type of the general resurrection, of which "Christ's resurrection is the first-fruits" (Isaiah 26:19; Ezekiel 37:1-14; 1 Corinthians 15:22-23; Daniel 12:2).
We shall live in his sight - enjoy his favour and the light of his countenance shining on us as of old; in contrast to Hosea 5:6; Hosea 5:15, "He hath withdrawn himself from them."