The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 65:8-10

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SALVATION PROMISED TO A REMNANT. In Isaiah, and especially in the "Book of Consolation" (Isaiah 40-66.), promises are almost always intermingled with threatenings. The threats extend to the bulk of the nation; the promises are limited to "a remnant," since a remnant only could be brought to "seek" and serve God (verse 10).

Here the announcement that a remnant would be spared is introduced by a simile from men's treatment of their own vineyards (verse 8).

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