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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 60:5

Then thou shalt see "Then shalt thou fear" - For תראי tirai , thou shalt see, as ours and much the greater number of the translators, ancient and modern, render it, forty MSS. (ten ancient) of Kennicott's, and twenty-eight of De Rossi's, with one ancient of my own, and the old edition of 1488, have תיראי tirai , thou shalt fear: the true reading, confirmed by the perfect parallelism of the sentences: the heart ruffled and dilated in the second line answering to the fear and joy... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1

Arise, shine. The subject of the address does not distinctly appear until Isaiah 60:14 , where it is found to be "the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel." Zion has long been prostrate in the dust from the prophet's standpoint, and covered with thick darkness. Now she is bidden to "arise" and "shine forth as the day." For thy light is come. Zion cannot shine with her own light, for she has no light of her own, having preferred to "walk in darkness" ( Isaiah 59:9 ).... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1

The blessed dawn. " Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." The original reads, "Be enlightened; for thy light cometh." For it does not follow that all are enlightened to whom the light comes. There must be a receptive and a reflecting power in us. I. OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT ENOUGH . These come to nations and to men; but we must arise, and shake ourselves from slumber and indifference. Israel is to live as a witness for God. We... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1

The call to shine if we have light: or, the duty of doing as well as knowing. Our first response to God is the reception of his light; but the second is the giving forth of that light. We read this truth and duty in its Christian phases, and urge it by the use of Christian persuasions. Our Lord made very much of the connection between knowing and doing, profession and practice. His disciples must be salt, that savours something or somebody; light, that shines forth on somebody. See the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-4

The first stanza. Zion's brightness and numbers. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-14

The rebuilding of the temple. I. THE DAWN OF THE NEW DAY . Zion, lying like a prostrate woman on the ground, is bidden to arise, because the glory of her God has dawned upon her. And this in contrast to the thick darkness enwrapping the earth in general. This darkness means alienation from God. As the Israelites had light in their dwellings when thick darkness was on the land of Egypt, so again now. Israel is the "central and mediatorial people." Here a community of God; yonder a... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-22

SECTION VII . THE GLORIES OF THE RESTORED JERUSALEM ( Isaiah 60:1-22 .). A SONG OF TRIUMPH UPON GLORIFIED ZION . This is rather a detached poem than an integral portion of a book. It is complete in itself, and but slightly connected, either with what precedes or with what follows. Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne regard it as a "counterpart" to the magnificent ode in Isaiah 47:1-15 , which describes the fall and ruin of Babylon. It is composed of five stanzas, of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-22

The characteristics of the final Church of the Redeemer. Isaiah's teaching on this subject divides itself under three heads. I. THE CHURCH SHALL BE RADIANT WITH A LIGHT DERIVED FROM HER LORD . The radiance spoken of (verses 1-3) is a radiance of moral and spiritual goodness. The absolute moral perfection of the Son of man can, of course, be but faintly and feebly imitated by his followers. Still, they are bound to imitate him; for he "left them an example, that they... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-22

The Church triumphant. With other eyes than ours the Jews must have read these glowing words. They saw in them a fascinating picture of a triumphant people; they saw the Jerusalem of their knowledge and of their love made strong and glorious in some coming time. Their patriotic hopes were kindled and must have been raised to a white heat of intensity as they dwelt on the gladdening, transporting promise. In the midst of surrounding darkness covering the whole earth ( Isaiah 60:2 ), Zion... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:2

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth . As in Egypt a "thick darkness" covered the whole land at the word of Moses ( Exodus 10:22 ), while still "the children of Israel had light in their dwellings," so now the world and "the nations' of the world lay in a deep obscurity, into which scarcely a ray of light penetrated, while on Israel there dawned a glory which streamed from the throne of God, and at once transfigured her, and gave her the appearance of an angel of the Most... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 60:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:2

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