Isaiah 65:8-12 WEB

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:11-16

A MIXTURE OF THREATS WITH PROMISES . The prophet returns, in the main, to his former attitude, and resumes his denunciations ( Isaiah 65:11 , Isaiah 65:12 ); but, with Isaiah 65:13 , he begins to intermingle promises of favour to God's servants with threats against the rebellious, and finally (in Isaiah 65:16 ) turns wholly towards the side of grace and favour, announcing the coming of a time when "the former troubles" will be altogether "forgotten," and the kingdom of truth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:11-16

The doom of the idolaters. I. THE SINS . On the one hand it is the forsaking of Jehovah, the forgetting of his holy mountain. It is the keeping aloof from the true worship celebrated on Mount Moriah. But the heart of man knows no deeper need than that of worship; and the setting of the tables before the images of heathen deities ( lectisternia ) witnesses, even as an aberration and a caricature, to that yearning for communion with the Divine which true religion and revelation... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:12

Therefore will I number you ; or, apportion you ( maaithi ) — a play upon the name of M'ni . The sword … slaughter . Not, perhaps, intended literally. Wicked men are God's sword ( Psalms 17:13 ), and deliverance into their hand would be deliverance to the sword and slaughter. The exiles suffered grievously at the hands of their Babylonian masters ( Isaiah 47:6 ; Isaiah 49:17 , etc.). The character of their sufferings is given in the ensuing verses ( Isaiah 65:13 , Isaiah... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:8

Thus saith the Lord - This verse is designed to keep their minds from utter despair, and to assure them that they should not be utterly destroyed. See the analysis of the chapter.As the new wine - The Hebrew word used here (תירושׁ tı̂yrôsh), means properly “must” or “new wine” (see the notes at Isaiah 24:7). The Septuagint renders it here, ὁ ῥὼξ ho rōx, a grain or berry; meaning probably a good grape. The Chaldee renders it, ‘As Noah was found pure in the generation of the deluge, and I... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:9

And I will bring forth a seed - I will give descendants to Jacob, who shall share my favor and repossess the land.An inheritor of my mountains - The mountains of Palestine - Jerusalem and the vicinity - called the mountains of God because he claimed that land as his special residence, and the place where his holy religion was established.And mine elect - They who have been chosen by me to maintain my religion in the world. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:10

And Sharon - Sharon was properly a district south of Mount Carmel, along the coast of the Mediterranean, and extending from. Caesarea to Joppa. In the Scripture, this is almost a proverbial name to denote extraordinary beauty and fertility (see the notes at Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 32:5).Shall be a fold of flocks - At the time contemplated here by the prophet - the close of the exile - that whole country would have lain waste about seventy years. Of course, during that long period it would be spread... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:11

But ye are they that forsake the Lord - Or rather, ‘Ye who forsake Yahweh, and who forget my holy mountain, I will number to the sword.’ The design of this verse is to remind them of their idolatries, and to assure them that they should not escape unpunished.That forget my holy mountain - Mount Moriah, the sacred mountain on which the temple was built.That prepare a table - It was usual to set food and drink before idols - with the belief that the gods consumed what was thus placed before them... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:12

Therefore will I number you to the sword - There is undoubtedly an allusion here to the idol Meni mentioned in Isaiah 65:11, and a play upon the name, in accordance with a custom quite common in the sacred Scriptures. The word מניתי mâniytiy, ‘I will number,’ is derived from מנה mânâh, the same word from which מני menı̂y, is derived. The idea is, since they worshipped a god whose name denoted number - perhaps one who was supposed to number or appoint the fates of people - God would number... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 65:8-10

Isaiah 65:8-10. Thus saith the Lord These words may be conceived as a gracious answer from God to the prophet, pleading God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. To this God replies, that he intended no such severity as the utter destruction of the whole nation; that the unfaithfulness of men should not make his promise to the ancient patriarchs of none effect, Romans 3:3; that his threatening should be made good upon the generality of this people, whose vine was of Sodom, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 65:11

Isaiah 65:11. But, &c. The prophet now returns to address his discourse to the sinners and apostates, whom he had reproved and threatened, (Isaiah 65:2-3,) and renews his charge against them for forsaking the Lord, separating themselves from his worship, and polluting themselves with idolatry, the most shameful and abominable in his sight. Ye are they that forsake the Lord Let not any of you that are idolaters and covenant- breakers think that these promises belong to you: you are... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 65:8-10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 65:11

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