Isaiah:65

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* I am sought by [them that ] (note :)Meaning , the Gentiles who know not God , would seek him , when he had moved their heart with his Holy Spirit , ( Rom_10:20 ).(:note ) asked not [for me ]; I am found by [them that ] sought me not : I said , Behold me , behold me , to a nation [that ] was not called by my name . * I have (note :)He shows the reason for the rejection of the Jews , because they would not obey him or any admonition of his prophets , by whom he called them continually and stretch out his hand to draw them .(:note ) spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people , which walketh in a way [that is ] not good , after their own He shows that to delight in our own fantasies is the declining from God and the beginning of all superstitions and idolatry . thoughts ; * A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face ; that sacrificeth in (note :)Which were dedicated to idols .(:note ) gardens , and burneth incense upon altars of Meaning their altars , which he thus named by contempt . brick ; * Which remain among the (note :)To consult with spirits , and to conjure devils , which was forbidden .(:note ) graves , and lodge in the monuments , which eat Which was contrary to God 's commandment , ( Lev_11:7 ; Deu_14:8 ). swine 's flesh , and broth of abominable [things is in ] their vessels ; * Which say , (note :)He shows that hypocrisy is always joined with pride and contempt of others .(:note ) Stand by thyself , come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou . These [are ] a smoke in my nose , a fire that Their punishment will never have an end . burneth all the day . * Behold , [it is ] (note :)So that the remembrance of it cannot be forgotten .(:note ) written before me : I will not keep silence , but will recompense , even recompense into their bosom , * Your iniquities , and the iniquities of your fathers (note :)Will be both punished together : and this declares how the children are punished for their fathers faults , that is , when the same faults or like are found in them .(:note ) together , saith the LORD , who have burned incense upon the mountains , and blasphemed me upon the hills : therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom . * Thus saith the LORD , As the new wine is found in the cluster , and [one ] saith , Destroy it not ; for a (note :)That is , it is profitable : meaning that God will not destroy the faithful branches of his vineyard , when he destroys the rotten stocks , that is , the hypocrites .(:note ) blessing [is ] in it : so will I do for my servants ' sake , that I may not destroy them all . * But I will bring a seede out of Iaakob , and out of Iudah , that shal inherit my mountaine : and mine elect shall inherit it , and my seruants shall dwell there . * And (note :)Which was a plentiful place in Judea to feed sheep , as Achor was for cattle .(:note ) Sharon shall be a fold of flocks , and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in , for my people that have sought me . * But ye [are ] they that forsake the LORD , that forget my holy mountain , that prepare a table for that (note :)By the multitude and number he means their innumerable idols of whom they thought they could never have enough .(:note ) troop , and that furnish the drink offering to that number . * Therefore will I (note :)Seeing you cannot number your gods , I will number you with the sword .(:note ) number you to the sword , and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter : because when I called , ye did not answer ; when I By my prophets , whom you would not obey . spoke , ye did not hear ; but did evil before my eyes , and did choose [that ] in which I delighted not . * Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD , Behold , my servants shall (note :)By these words , eat and drink , he means the blessed life of the faithful , who have always had consolation and full contentment of all things in their God , though sometimes they lack these corporal things .(:note ) eat , but ye shall be hungry : behold , my servants shall drink , but ye shall be thirsty : behold , my servants shall rejoice , but ye shall be ashamed : * Beholde , my seruants shal sing for ioye of heart , and ye shal crye for sorow of heart , and shal howle for vexation of minde . * And ye shall leave your name for a curse to my (note :)Meaning , that he would call the Gentiles , who would abhor even the very name of the Jews for their infidelities sake .(:note ) chosen : for the Lord GOD shall slay thee , and call his servants by Than by the name of the Jews . another name : * That he who blesseth himself in the (note :)By blessing , and by swearing is meant the praising of God for his benefits , and the true worshipping of him , who will not be only in Judea , but through all the world .(:note ) earth shall bless himself in the God of truth ; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth ; because the former I will no longer permit my Church to be desolate as in times past . troubles are forgotten , and because they are hid from my eyes . * For , behold , I create (note :)I will so altar and change the state of my church , that it will seem to dwell in a new world .(:note ) new heavens and a new earth : and the former shall not be remembered , nor come into mind . * But be you glad and reioyce for euer in the things that I shall create : for beholde , I will create Ierusalem , as a reioycing and her people as a ioye , * And I wil reioyce in Ierusalem , and ioye in my people , and the voyce of weeping shall be no more heard in her , nor the voyce of crying . * There shall be no more from there an infant of days , nor an old man that hath (note :)Meaning , in this wonderful restoration of the Church there would be no weakness of youth , nor infirmities of age , but all would be fresh and flourishing : and this is accomplished in the heavenly Jerusalem , when all sins will cease , and the tears will be wiped away .(:note ) not filled his days : for the child shall die an hundred years old ; but the sinner [being ] By which he shows that the infidels and unrepentant sinners have no part of this benediction . an hundred years old shall be accursed . * And they shall (note :)He proposes to the faithful the blessings which are contained in the law , and so under temporal things comprehends the spiritual promises .(:note ) build houses , and inhabit [them ]; and they shall plant vineyards , and eat the fruit of them . * They shall not build , and another inhabite : they shall not plant , and another eate : for as the dayes of the tree are the dayes of my people , and mine elect shall inioye in olde age the worke of their handes . * They shall not labour in vaine , nor bring forth in feare : for they are the seede of the blessed of the Lord , and their buds with them . * Yea , before they call , I will answere , and whiles they speake , I will heare . * The (note :)Read ( Isa_11:6 ).(:note ) wolf and the lamb shall feed together , and the lion shall eat straw like the ox : and dust [shall be ] the serpent 's food . They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain , saith the LORD .

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