The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 60:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

A SONG OF TRIUMPH UPON GLORIFIED ZION. This is rather a detached poem than an integral portion of a book. It is complete in itself, and but slightly connected, either with what precedes or with what follows.

Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne regard it as a "counterpart" to the magnificent ode in Isaiah 47:1-15, which describes the fall and ruin of Babylon.

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