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**Arise.** Compare [Isaiah 51:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/9) , [Isaiah 51:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/17) , "awake"; [Isaiah 52:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/52/2) , "awake"; [Isaiah 60:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/1) , "arise"; and contrast the cry to Babylon ([Isaiah 47:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/47/1) ), "come down, sit in the dust". See App-82 . This refers to the future.
**shine.** Compare [2 Samuel 23:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/23/4) .
**thy light:** i.e. Israel's glory.
**the glory of the LORD.** Hebrew. *kabod.* See [Isaiah 4:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/4/2) , [Isaiah 4:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/4/5) ; [Isaiah 6:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/3) ; [Isaiah 35:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/35/2) ; [Isaiah 40:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/5) ; [Isaiah 58:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/58/8) ; and [Isaiah 60:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/2) here. Compare [Psalms 106:20](../../../kjv/psalms/106/20) . [Jeremiah 2:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/11) .[Haggai 2:3](../../../kjv/haggai/2/3) , [Haggai 2:7](../../../kjv/haggai/2/7) , [Haggai 2:9](../../../kjv/haggai/2/9) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos* , to call attention to the condition of the nations just before Israel's future glory shines forth.
**people** = peoples.

**the Gentiles** = nations.

**all they, &c.** This is still future.
**sons . . . daughters.** These are not Gentiles therefore, but true Israelites ([Jeremiah 31:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/10) ). Compare [Ezekiel 34:11-15](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/11-15) .
**nursed, &c.** Carried on the shoulders. So Chaldee and Septuagint. See note on [Isaiah 49:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/22) .

**flow together:** or, according to the Targum and Syriac, "shall be lightened", as in [Psalms 34:5](../../../kjv/psalms/34/5) .
**fear** = praise. Hebrew. *pahad.* A *Homonym,* with two meanings: (1) *to fear,* as in [Deuteronomy 28:66](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/66) . [Job 23:15](../../../kjv/job/23/15) ; but (2) *to rejoice,* here and [Hosea 3:5](../../../kjv/hosea/3/5) = praise. See note there.
**be enlarged** = opened as with joy.
**of the sea** = of the rich seafaring peoples, for which "sea" is put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct).
**converted** = turned.
**forces** = fullness, riches, wealth, or resources. This prophecy looks far beyond the return under Ezra-Nehemiah. See verses: [Isaiah 60:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/12) , [Isaiah 60:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/15) , &c.

**The multitude** = A stream.
**Sheba.** Compare [Psalms 72:10](../../../kjv/psalms/72/10) . Both descended from Abraham and Keturah.

**Kedar.** See [Isaiah 21:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/16) , [Isaiah 21:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/17) ; [Isaiah 42:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/42/11) .
**together** = out.
**the.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and the".
**Nebaioth.** A tribe allied to Kedar, descended from Ishmael ([Genesis 25:13](../../../kjv/genesis/25/13) ).
**glorify** = beautify.
**house of My glory** = My beautiful house.

**Who are these . . . ?** Referring probably to the ships whose sails are compared to wings, developed in next verse.

**isles** = maritime lands. See note on [Isaiah 11:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/11) .
**shall wait.** Compare [Isaiah 42:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/42/4) ; [Isaiah 51:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/5) .
**ships of Tarshish.** See note on [Isaiah 2:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/16) .
**shall wait.** Compare [Isaiah 42:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/42/4) ; [Isaiah 51:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/5) .
**first** = in the first place, or rank.
**from far.** This looks beyond Babylon.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**the Holy One of Israel.** See note on [Isaiah 1:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/4) .

**the sons of strangers.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 12:43](../../../kjv/exodus/12/43) .[Leviticus 22:25](../../../kjv/leviticus/22/25); [Leviticus 22:25](../../../kjv/leviticus/22/25) ). These were expressly excluded.
**strangers** = foreigners.
**in My wrath.** Compare [Isaiah 54:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/54/8) . [Zechariah 1:15](../../../kjv/zechariah/1/15) .

**thy gates shall be open.** Hebrew they shall keep thy gates open. The word "they" is impersonal: i.e. they who are continually bringing the exiles with their riches. Compare the same idiom in [Luke 12:20](../../../kjv/luke/12/20) , "they demand thy soul".
**not be shut.** These coming times are already being foreshadowed, for this has already been the case for the past few years. This looks beyond the Ezra- Nehemiah period, for see [Nehemiah 13:19](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/19) .

**the nation. shall perish.** This is still future.

**the.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "and the".
**the place of My feet:** i.e. the Temple. Compare [Isaiah 35:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/35/2) .[Psalms 99:5](../../../kjv/psalms/99/5) ; [Psalms 132:7](../../../kjv/psalms/132/7) . Figure of speech *Periphrasis* .
**feet.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia* .

**afflicted** = oppressed. See [Isaiah 1:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/7) , [Isaiah 1:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/8) ; [Isaiah 6:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/12) ; [Isaiah 7:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/16) .
**shall come, &c.** Not fulfilled yet. [Matthew 8:11](../../../kjv/matthew/8/11) refers to this. Compare [Malachi 1:11](../../../kjv/malachi/1/11) .

**forsaken.** The type of the forsaken wife is changed to that of the forsaken Land. See note on [Isaiah 1:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/4) . eternal. This cannot refer to the prosperity of any past period of Israel's history.
**of many generations** = of generation after generation.

**thou shalt know, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch. See notes on [Isaiah 1:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/24) ; [Isaiah 41:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/14) , &c.
**the LORD am thy Saviour.** This constitutes another Jehovah title. Hebrew = *Jehovah moshi'ek.*
**Redeemer.** Compare [Isaiah 41:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/14) ; [Isaiah 43:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/43/14) ; [Isaiah 44:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/44/6) , [Isaiah 44:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/44/24) , &c. (ten times in all, in Isaiah. Compare [Proverbs 23:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/11) .
**the mighty One of Jacob.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 49:24](../../../kjv/genesis/49/24) ). Compare [Isaiah 49:26](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/26) . [Psalms 132:2-5](../../../kjv/psalms/132/2-5) . Including the whole natural seed, as well as the spiritual seed of Israel. See notes on [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) ; [Genesis 43:6](../../../kjv/genesis/43/6) ; [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26) , Gen 45:30 .

**For brass.** Note the correspondence (by contrast)of this verse with [Isaiah 3:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/24) . Compare also [Isaiah 1:23-26](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/23-26) .
**thine exactors** = thy tax-gatherers. See [Luke 3:13](../../../kjv/luke/3/13) .
**righteousness** = righteous. The very opposite to what they have been. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), for righteous.

**Violence shall, &c.** Compare [Genesis 6:11](../../../kjv/genesis/6/11) , [Genesis 6:13](../../../kjv/genesis/6/13) . Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "So shall violence", &c.
**walls.** Compare [Isaiah 26:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/1) .
**Salvation:** or, Victory.

**Thy sun . . . go down.** These prophecies
**mourning.** See note on [Isaiah 3:26](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/26) . yet await

**Thy People . . . all righteous.** fulfilment.
**for ever.** This settles the whole question as to any fulfilment in the past.
**My planting.** Hebrew text has "His planting", but "My plantings" in the margin, with some codices, four early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate.
**glorified** = get Myself glory.

**A little one** = The little one: i.e. he who has no sons, or few.
**his** = its. might be glorified.

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