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The Glory of the Church. (b. c. 706.)
THE GLORY OF THE CHURCH. (B. C. 706.) The happy and glorious state of the church is here further foretold, referring principally and ultimately to the Christian church and the spiritual peace of that, but under the type…
The Office of the Messiah. (b. c. 706.)
THE OFFICE OF THE MESSIAH. (B. C. 706.) He that is the best expositor of scripture has no doubt given us the best exposition of these verses, even our Lord Jesus himself, who read this in the synagogue at Nazareth (perh…
The Office of the Messiah; The Prosperity of the Church. (b. c. 706.)
THE OFFICE OF THE MESSIAH; THE PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH. (B. C. 706.) Promises are here made to the Jews now returned out of captivity, and settled again in their own land, which are to be extended to the gospel church,…
The Prosperity of the Church. (b. c. 706.)
THE PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH. (B. C. 706.) Some make this the song of joy and praise to be sung by the prophet in the name of Jerusalem, congratulating her on the happy change of her circumstances in the accomplishment…
The Prosperity of the Church. (b. c. 706.)
THE PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH. (B. C. 706.) The prophet here tells us, I. What he will do for the church. A prophet, as he is a seer, so he is a spokesman. This prophet resolves to perform that office faithfully, Isaiah…
The Prosperity of the Church. (b. c. 706.)
THE PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH. (B. C. 706.) Two things are here promised to Jerusalem:— I. Plenty of the means of grace—abundance of good preaching and good praying (Isaiah 62:6-7), and this shows the method God takes wh…
The Advent of the Messiah. (b. c. 706.)
THE ADVENT OF THE MESSIAH. (B. C. 706.) This, as many like passages before, refers to the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon, and, under the type and figure of that, to the great redemption wrought out by Jesus Chri…
The Triumphs of the Messiah. (b. c. 706.)
THE TRIUMPHS OF THE MESSIAH. (B. C. 706.) It is a glorious victory that is here enquired into first and then accounted for. 1. It is a victory obtained by the providence of God over the enemies of Israel; over the Babyl…
Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness. (b. c. 706.)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF DIVINE GOODNESS. (B. C. 706.) The prophet is here, in the name of the church, taking a review, and making a thankful recognition, of God's dealings with his church all along, ever since he founded it,…
Earnest Pleadings. (b. c. 706.)
EARNEST PLEADINGS. (B. C. 706.) The foregoing praises were intended as an introduction to this prayer, which is continued to the end of the next chapter, and it is an affectionate, importunate, pleading prayer. It is ca…
Prayer for the Divine Presence; Blessings Prepared for the Saints. (b. c. 706.)
PRAYER FOR THE DIVINE PRESENCE; BLESSINGS PREPARED FOR THE SAINTS. (B. C. 706.) Here, I. The petition is that God would appear wonderfully for them now, Isaiah 63:1-2. Their case was represented in the close of the fore…
Humble Confession. (b. c. 706.)
HUMBLE CONFESSION. (B. C. 706.) As we have the Lamentations of Jeremiah, so here we have the Lamentations of Isaiah; the subject of both is the same—the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans and the sin of Israel th…
The Conversion of the Gentiles; The Wickedness of the Jews; The Rejection of the Jews. (b. c. 706.)
THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES; THE WICKEDNESS OF THE JEWS; THE REJECTION OF THE JEWS. (B. C. 706.) The apostle Paul (an expositor we may depend upon) has given us the true sense of these verses, and told us what was th…
Promises of Mercy. (b. c. 706.)
PROMISES OF MERCY. (B. C. 706.) This is expounded by St. Paul, Romans 11:1-5, where, when, upon occasion of the rejection of the Jews, it is asked, Hath God then cast away his people? he answers, No; for at this time th…
Predictions of Punishment. (b. c. 706.)
PREDICTIONS OF PUNISHMENT. (B. C. 706.) Here the different states of the godly and wicked, of the Jews that believed and of those that still persisted in unbelief, are set the one over—against the other, as life and dea…
Predictions of Happiness. (b. c. 706.)
PREDICTIONS OF HAPPINESS. (B. C. 706.) If these promises were in part fulfilled when the Jews, after their return out of captivity, were settled in peace in their own land and brought as it were into a new world, yet th…
The Vanity of Mere Ritual Obedience. (b. c. 706.)
THE VANITY OF MERE RITUAL OBEDIENCE. (B. C. 706.) Here, I. The temple is slighted in comparison with a gracious soul, Isaiah 66:1-2. The Jews in the prophet's time, and afterwards in Christ's time, gloried much in the t…
Encouragement to the Persecuted; The Enlargement of the Church. (b. c. 706.)
ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PERSECUTED; THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE CHURCH. (B. C. 706.) The prophet, having denounced God's judgments against a hypocritical nation, that made a jest of God's word and would not answer him when he c…
Divine Judgment; Judgment and Mercy; The Enlargement of the Church. (b. c. 706.)
DIVINE JUDGMENT; JUDGMENT AND MERCY; THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE CHURCH. (B. C. 706.) These verses, like the pillar of cloud and fire, have a dark side towards the enemies of God's kingdom and all that are rebels against his…
The Inscription. (b. c. 629.)
THE INSCRIPTION. (B. C. 629.) We have here as much as it was thought fit we should know of the genealogy of this prophet and the chronology of this prophecy. 1. We are told what family the prophet was of. He was the son…
Jeremiah's Call to the Prophetic Office. (b. c. 629.)
JEREMIAH'S CALL TO THE PROPHETIC OFFICE. (B. C. 629.) Here is, I. Jeremiah's early designation to the work and office of a prophet, which God gives him notice of as a reason for his early application to that business (J…
Charge Given to Jeremiah. (b. c. 629.)
CHARGE GIVEN TO JEREMIAH. (B. C. 629.) Here, I. God gives Jeremiah, in vision, a view of the principal errand he was to go upon, which was to foretel the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, for their si…
Jeremiah's First Message; The Divine Goodness to Israel. (b. c. 629.)
JEREMIAH'S FIRST MESSAGE; THE DIVINE GOODNESS TO ISRAEL. (B. C. 629.) Here is, I. A command given to Jeremiah to go and carry a message from God to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He was charged in general (Jeremiah 1:17)…
Expostulations with Israel. (b. c. 629.)
EXPOSTULATIONS WITH ISRAEL. (B. C. 629.) The prophet, having shown their base ingratitude in forsaking God, here shows their unparalleled fickleness and folly (Jeremiah 2:9): I will yet plead with you. Note, Before God…