isaiah-65:8-kjv,nlt

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 65:8

Thus saith the LORD. Note the frequent occurrence of this expression in predicting these new things. As = According as. new wine. Hebrew. tirosh . App-27 . Here is further reference to the new Israel. See notes on Isaiah 65:1 . My servants' sake. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Septuagint, read "servant's (singular): i.e. Messiah (see note on Isaiah 37:35 ): = "for the sake of My servant". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 65:8

"Thus saith Jehovah, as the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me."The terse message of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:8-10

Isaiah 65:8-10. Thus saith the Lord, &c.— Thus, &c. as when one findeth a good grape in the cluster, and sayeth, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it, &c. Lowth. See ch. Isa 10:22-23 where a promise similar to this is given. The proposition of divine grace, respecting the faithful, is contained in the 8th verse, and more fully explained in the 9th and 10th. In chap. 17: we have a simile of nearly the same kind, and equally elegant with that in Isaiah 65:8. The meaning is, that if... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:8

8. new wine—as if some grapes having good wine-producing juice in them, be found in a cluster which the vinedresser was about to throw away as bad, and one saith, c. blessing—that is, good wine-producing juice (compare Judges 9:13 Joel 2:14). so—God will spare the godly "remnant," while the ungodly mass of the nation shall be destroyed (Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 6:13; Isaiah 10:21; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 11:12-16). my servants—the godly remnant. But HORSLEY, "for the sake of my servant, Messiah." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 65:1-16

The divine response 65:1-16The Lord responded, through the prophet, to the viewpoint expressed in the preceding prayer (Isaiah 63:7 to Isaiah 64:12)."The great mass [of the Israelites] were in that state of ’sin unto death’ which defies all intercession (1 John Isaiah 65:16), because they had so scornfully and obstinately resisted the grace which had been so long and so incessantly offered to them." [Note: Delitzsch, 2:474.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 65:8

Yahweh promised not to destroy the whole nation (cluster of grapes), but just the sinners among them (the bad grapes). The whole nation constituted His servants, but most of them were unprofitable servants."Reading chs. 40-55 alone might give one the impression that all that is necessary to be part of the remnant is to believe God’s promises to deliver. Chs. 56-66 make plain that those who are truly the servants of God are those who believe his promises enough to obey his covenant." [Note:... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 65:8-16

Consistent faithfulness 65:8-16The Lord proceeded to explain that even though He would destroy the ungodly, He would also spare the truly godly among His people (cf. Genesis 18:23-25). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1-24

The Punishment of Apostate and Reward of Faithful IsraelIsaiah 65:1-10. Israel’s obduracy to Jehovah’s appeals, and persistent idolatry, which He will surely punish; yet a faithful remnant shall be preserved. 11-25. The fate in store for the unfaithful. The glories of the coming age for God’s faithful people.Isaiah 66:1-4. The danger of trusting in externals; a merely formal worship is an abomination to Jehovah. 5. A message of comfort for the faithful who axe persecuted. 6- 14a. The wonderful... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1-25

1. Render, ’I have offered answers to those who asked not; I have been at hand to those who sought me not.. a nation that hath not called upon my name.’ The v. refers to the Israelites who neglected Jehovah’s appeals so often made. St. Paul (Romans 10:20) applies the passage by inference to the heathen world.3. Gardens] the scenes of idolatrous rites in the pre-exile period (Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 57:5). Upon altars, etc.] RV ’upon bricks,’ i.e. perhaps the tiled roofs of houses (2 Kings 23:12).... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 65:8

(8) As the new wine . . .—Literally, the must, or unfermented juice of the grape. The transition from the denunciations of the preceding verse is abrupt, and suggests the thought of an interval of time and absence of direct continuity. Possibly, however, a link may be found in the “first” of the amended translation, which prepares the way for something that is to follow. God chastens, but does not destroy.Destroy it not . . .—The thought is that as even one fruitful cluster of grapes will lead... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 65:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 65:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:8-10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 65:1-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 65:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 65:8-16

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1-24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 65:8

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