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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:7

Kedar … Nebaioth . Arab tribes, like the Midianites and Sabaeans. (With respect to Kedar, see the comment on Isaiah 21:15 .) "Nebaioth" stands for the tribe called by the Greeks and Romans the "Nabataeans," and by the Assyrians the "Nabaiti," who were one of the most powerful in the peninsula. About me. 645 Nathan, their king, warred with Asshur-bani-pal. During the Maccabee period we find the Nabataeans in alliance with the Jews, and giving them some valuable assistance (l Macc. 5:25;... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:7

God's presence the glory of God's house. "I will glorify the house of my glory" (comp. Haggai 2:7-8 ; Malachi 3:1 ). Rendered literally, the sentence would read, "My house of beauty will I beautify." Foreshadowings of this spiritual truth are found in God's presence making the charm of the Eden-home; God's presence abiding as a glory between the cherubim in the holy of holies; and God's presence coming in the symbol of the descending cloud on Solomon's temple. It was the great glory of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:8

Who are these, etc.? The prophet beholds the waters of the Mediterranean Sea covered with numerous ships, whose sails remind him of white clouds moving across the blue expanse of heaven, and again of doves wending their way homewards to their accustomed dove-cotes. The "windows" of the dove-cotes are the openings through which the birds pass into the towers where they breed. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:9

Surely the isles shall wait for me . The "isles," or maritime countries of the West, have long waited for a Redeemer ( Isaiah 41:1 ; Isaiah 42:4 ; Isaiah 49:1 ; Isaiah 51:5 , etc.). They shall send their sons, and their gifts, in ships, which will come from far, and cover the Mediterranean (see the preceding verse). The ships of Tarshish. Either ships belonging to the people of Tartessus, in Spain, who had a widely extended commerce in ancient times (Herod; 1.163; 4.152; 1 Kings... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:10

The sons of strangers shall build up thy walls . Cyrus aided in the supply of timber for the construction of the second temple ( Ezra 3:7 ). Artaxerxes Longimanus sanctioned the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 1:3 ; Nehemiah 2:5-8 ). The passage has, however, a meaning beyond the literal one. "Strangers" of all kinds, Greeks, and Romans, and Syrians, and Africans, and Cauls, and Spaniards, and others, assisted in building and enlarging the walls of the Church as it... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:10-14

The third stanza. Zion's reconstruction. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:11

Thy gates shall be open continually . That all who seek salvation may have free access at all times. There is no fear of enemies entering, since war has ceased ( Isaiah 2:4 ; Isaiah 11:9 , etc.). The forces of the Gentiles; rather, the wealth of the Gentiles , as in Isaiah 60:5 . That their kings may be brought; i.e. forced to come by their subjects, who know that their own prosperity is involved in complete submission to the Church established in Zion, and therefore compel their... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:11

Open gospel-gates. "Thy gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night." Compare the picture of the new Jerusalem, in Revelation 21:25 , "And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there): and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it." The figure is taken from a country in which the cities were defended by walls and gates, and these gates were closed at night. Closed gates represented the old... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:12

The nation … that will not serve thee shall perish . God's curse shall be upon them; they shall wither and decay for lack of the Divine favour and of the graces which God dispenses to mankind through his Church (comp. Zechariah 14:17-19 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:12

The condition of national prosperity. "Every nation shall fall unless it serves the Lord, the righteous God, the God of Israel, through whom alone is salvation. The figure of serving Israel means serving the God of Israel" (Matthew Arnold). Foerster remarks that "the Roman pontiffs abuse this oracle of the prophet to establish their tyranny over monarchs. In particular, it is recorded of Pius IV ; that at the time of his election he caused a coin to be struck, on one side of which was his... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 60:12

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