isaiah 66:24 commentary

, 66. Paul's "commentary" clearly states that the "church" was "the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages [including Isaiah… Psalms 14:11 (second word); Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 66:24; and Jonah 4:7, which are all the occurrences of tola" in O.T. They who are brethren in Christ, must love as brethren. Already Jehovah has closed fiery judgment with apostate Israel, and has gathered the corpses of “the slain of the Lord” into the Hinnom valley (now called Gehenna) below, there to have unending consumption by unquenched fire and never-dying worm. But to do this is the judgment. The Jewish masters (a) have, in some copies, wholly left out this last verse, as in other copies they repeat - both here and in the end of Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, and Malachi - the last verse save one, which is more sweet and fuller of comfort; and that for this reason, that the reader may not be sent away sad, and so fall into desperation. For purposes of Isaiah’s profound drama, herewith closed, this is a fitting and legitimate, scene; on this, want of space does not allow enlargement. It is evident that the Septuagint reads the word as if it were derived from the verb ראה râ'âh), "to see. 3. Heavy will be the vengeance of God on their enemies. [Mark 9:44] {See Trapp on "Mark 9:44"} Plato (b) also - if that be anything - in his description of hell, which be calleth πυριφλεγετων, a fiery lake, saith the same as here - that their worm dieth not, neither is their fire quenched. And look upon the carcasses of the men - The dead bodies of the foes of God (see Isaiah 66:15-16). (Isaiah 66:24) Jesus later in the New Testament used Isaiah's description verbatim. I thank him for the preservation of my life, and the continuance of my health, until I am permitted to bring this work to a close. May our lot be with the saints, with those who reverence God and love the truth; with the humble, the meek, the merciful, and those that persevere in good works to the end of life, through the grace of our great Lord, Saviour, and Judge, Jesus Christ, who will distribute these blessings according to the will of his Father.”. In which hope, I also, now deeply affected, and prostrate before his throne, give humble thanks to God the Father, and his Son Christ Jesus, through the Spirit, for the grace and light with which he has endowed me, his unworthy servant, in commencing and completing the commentary on this book; entreating, with earnest prayer, of his grace and mercy, that, pardoning those errors into which erroneously I may have fallen, he will employ this work, such as it is, to the glory of his name, the use of the church, and the consolation of his people; and to Him be the glory throughout all ages.‘, Those that transgressed or “rebelled” against the Lord are the obstinate idolaters referred to in chaps, 65. And they shall go forth - The sense of this verse evidently is, that the pious and happy worshippers of God shall see the punishment which he will execute on his and their foes, or shall see them finally destroyed. The church is triumphant. 43. For the worms that feed on their slain carcasses shall not suddenly die, and the enemy’s fire burning upon their habitations shall not go out till they be wholly consumed; and after this life, and at the day of judgment, they shall go into eternal torments; see Mark 9:44,46,48; where they will feel a worm of conscience that shall never die, and a fiery wrath of God upon their souls and bodies that shall never go out. (This thought is due to Delitzsch.) I thank God - the source of every right feeling and every holy desire, and the suggester of every plan that will in any way elucidate his word or promote his glory - that he ever inclined my heart to these studies. Shall I bring to the birth, in conviction, and not cause to bring forth, in conversion and regeneration? For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.” (2.) an abhorring. go forth, and look — as the Israelites looked at the carcasses of the Egyptians destroyed at the Red Sea (Exodus 14:30; compare Isaiah 26:14-19; Psalm 58:10; Psalm 49:14; Malachi 4:1-3). Its Redeemer is revealed; and its everlasting happiness is founded on a basis which can never be shaken.Here I close my labors in endeavoring to elucidate the visions of this wonderful prophet. This image is taken evidently from the fires kindled, especially in the valley of Hinnom, to consume puffed and decaying substances. Farewell, Isaiah! Do thou, blessed Lord Jesus, give witness by thy Holy Spirit in our hearts, to their word; that seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, we may lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and that we may run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto thee, the Author and finisher of our faith! No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Isaiah 66:24. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river; so plentiful, so abundant; peace with God, peace of conscience, peace among themselves, and, like a river full to its margin, it shall flow uninterrupted through the faithful soul into the boundless ocean of eternal joy: and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream; multitudes of converts shall be made, and these of the mighty and noble, numerous as the drops of water in the river; or, as Egypt by the overflowing of the Nile, the church shall be enriched with their abundance of good things. The air was polluted and pestilential; the sight was terrific; and to preserve it in any manner pure, it was necessary to keep fires continually burning there. The filth of the city was thrown there, and it became extremely offensive. All nations shall hear the Gospel word, and be gathered in to Christ. And I desire to render thanks to the Great Source of light and truth, if I have been enabled to throw any light on the prophecies recorded here more than 2500 years ago; or to confirm the faith of any in the truth of the inspiration of the Bible by tracing the evidences of the fulfillment of those predictions.And I now commend the work to the blessing of God, and devote it to the glory of his name and to the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom, with a humble prayer that it may be useful to other minds; but with the deep conviction, that whatever may be its effect on other minds, I have been abundantly compensated for all my labor in the contemplation of the inimitable beauties, and the sublime visions of Isaiah. [5.] 1. ×Ö¼ ×¨×× always denotes a fixed, lingering look directed to any object; here it is connected with the grateful feeling of satisfaction at the righteous acts of God and their own gracious deliverance. ", John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Keil & Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary, Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings). 2. All shall be welcome; and nothing shall be wanting for their assistance and encouragement. who needs no repose, and can take no satisfaction in the wretched fabrics of puny mortals: for all those things hath mine hand made; heaven, earth, and the inhabitants of both: and all those things have been, or are, saith the Lord; were created by his power, and subsist by his providence: how impossible, therefore, for this eternal Creator of all to need a temple made with hands, or this omnipresent Deity to be circumscribed within these narrow bounds? 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