Isaiah 65:8-12 WEB

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:8-12

A Remnant Will Be Saved, But Large Numbers Must First Face Judgment (Isaiah 65:8-12 ). During his inaugural call (chapter 6) Isaiah had been warned that the people of Judah/Israel would go through refinement after refinement because of the depths of their sinfulness. God had warned him not to expect easy results. Few of His so-called people would be saved. But in the end, He had promised, there would be a stump remaining, a holy seed (Isaiah 6:13). Isaiah 65:8-10 ‘Thus says Yahweh, “As the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:8-12

Isaiah 65:8-2 Kings : . The Righteous shall Inherit the Land, but their Opponents shall be Slaughtered.— Yahweh says, “ Even as the vintagers say when they see a cluster with only a few sound grapes in it, ‘ Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it,’ so for the sake of those who are faithful to Me I will not utterly destroy My people. The righteous survivors shall possess the holy land. From Sharon (p. 28)— the maritime plain between Joppa and Carmel— to the valley of Achor— in the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:8

These words must be conceived as a gracious answer from God to the prophet, saying as Abraham, Genesis 18:23,Genesis 18:25, or as Moses, Exodus 32:11-13, pleading God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. To this God replieth that he intended no such severity, the unfaithfulness of men should not make his promise of no effect, Romans 3:3. His threatening should be made good upon the generality of this people, whose vine was of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah, Deuteronomy 32:32. But... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:9

I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob; no seed beareth a proportion to the tree or plant that it produceth, but in comparison with that is very little; yet it is enough, through the virtue which the God of nature hath put into it, to preserve and uphold the species to which it doth relate. They are but a remnant (saith God) that shall be saved; see Romans 11:5; but a small number that shall come out of the captivity of Babylon: or, (which I rather choose) they will be but a few that shall... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:10

Sharon was a place of great fruitfulness for pastures. David’s herds were kept there, 1 Chronicles 27:29. It was become like a wilderness, Isaiah 33:9; God here promiseth that it should again be a place for the flocks. Jeremiah 31:27, God promiseth to sow again the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. The valley of Achor had its name from the stoning of Achan there, Joshua 7:26. It is thought to have been the first place the Jews set foot in when they had passed... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:11

Do not you that are idolaters think that these promises belong to you, ye are they that forsake the Lord, that is, the way of the Lord; it is a phrase opposed to a walking with God. Our walking with God is in the way of his statutes, forsaking of him signifieth a declining or turning aside from that way. To forget God’s holy mountain, signifies not to regard the true worship of God, or not to mind it. God calleth Zion his holy mountain, Joel 3:17, and Jerusalem is called God’s holy mountain.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:12

You have offended in number, worshipping a multitude, a troop of idols; there shall be a great number of you perish by the sword; or possibly the term number may refer to all in the next phrase, to let them know that none of them should escape. God saith he will number them, tell them out one by one to the sword. You shall all bow down to the slaughter; as you have bowed down to idols, Isaiah 44:17, (which are mine enemies,) I will make you bow down to your enemy’s swords. I called you by my... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 65:8

DESTROY IT NOTIsaiah 65:8. Thus saith the Lord, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it, &c.“Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God.” Let it not, however, be supposed that God delights to destroy men’s lives, or is capricious in the bestowment of rewards and punishments. The goodness and severity of God are not contradictions in the Divine nature, but the two halves of His perfect character (Exodus 34:6-7). The burden of our text is MERCY. HOW many applications may we make of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:8

Isaiah 65:8 Here we have four lessons taught us by a bunch of grapes. I. That great good may be stored in little things. A bunch of grapes is a little thing, and yet there is a blessing in it. With a heart given to Jesus, a child is a sun which cannot but shine, a fountain which cannot but send out streams, a flower which cannot but fill the air with sweetness. II. God alone puts the blessing into little things. In this He displays: (1) His wisdom; (2) His omnipotence; (3) His condescension and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 65:12-14

DISCOURSE: 1020DANGER OF DISREGARDING GODIsaiah 65:12-14. Because when I called, ye did not answer; when T spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not; therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:8-12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:8-12

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:10

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:11

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:12

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 65:8

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:8

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 65:12-14

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