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1. I--the prophet, as representative of all the praying people of
God who love and intercede for Zion (compare
Isa 62:6, 7;
Ps 102:13-17),
or else Messiah (compare
Isa 62:6).
So Messiah is represented as unfainting in His efforts for His people
(Isa 42:4; 50:7).
2.
(Isa 11:10;
42:1-6; 49:7, 22, 23; 60:3, 5, 16).
3.
(Zec 9:16)
4. be termed--be "forsaken," so as that that term could be
applicable to thee.
5. thy sons--rather, changing the points, which are of no authority
in Hebrew, "thy builder" or "restorer," that is, God; for in the
parallel clause, and in
Isa 62:4,
God is implied as being "married" to her; whereas her "sons" could
hardly be said to marry their mother; and in
Isa 49:18,
they are said to be her bridal ornaments, not her husband. The
plural form, builders, is used of God in reverence as
"husbands" (see on
Isa 54:5).
6. I--Isaiah speaking in the person of the Messiah.
7. no rest--Hebrew, "silence"; keep not silence yourselves, nor let Him rest in silence. Compare as to Messiah Himself, "I will
not hold . . . peace . . . not rest"
(Isa 62:1);
Messiah's watchmen
(Isa 62:6, 7)
imitate Him
(Isa 62:1)
in intercessory "prayer without ceasing" for Jerusalem
(Ps 122:6; 51:18);
also for the spiritual Jerusalem, the Church
(Lu 18:1, 7;
Ro 1:9).
8. sworn by . . . right hand--His mighty instrument of accomplishing
His will (compare
Isa 45:23;
Heb 6:13).
9. eat . . . and praise--not consume it on their own lusts, and
without thanksgiving.
10. What Isaiah in the person of Messiah had engaged in
(Isa 62:1)
unrestingly to seek, and what the watchmen were unrestingly to pray for
(Isa 62:7),
and what Jehovah solemnly promised
(Isa 62:8, 9),
is now to be fulfilled; the Gentile nations are commanded to "go
through the gates" (either of their own cities
[ROSENMULLER] or of Jerusalem
[MAURER]), in order to remove all obstacles out of
"the way of the people (Israel)" (see on
Isa 7:14;
Isa 40:3; 52:10-12).
11. salvation--embodied in the Saviour (see
Zec 9:9).
12. Sought out--Sought after and highly prized by Jehovah; answering to "not forsaken" in the parallel clause; no longer abandoned, but loved; image from a wife (Isa 62:4; Jer 30:14). GOTO NEXT CHAPTER - D. J-F-B INDEX & SEARCH
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