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| 1 Shout in triumph, O barren one, Who hadst not borne,–Break forth into shouts of triumph–and trill thy voice, Who hadst not travailed in birth, For, more, are the children of the Desolate Than the children of Her who had the husband, Saith Yahweh. |
Sing, O barren – Spiritual Zion, our mother or covenant. C297, R1341:6
The promise to Abraham has been barren for a long time. R1389:1
The Apostle applies this to the Gospel Church, or Abrahamic covenant, (Gal 4:27); showing that the ultimate fruitage shall be great. R3596:3
That didst not bear – Beginning with the Lord Jesus, a result followed the coming into covenant relationship which had never occurred before--a begetting to a new nature. R4450:2*
For more – The promise includes not only the development and blessing of the seed, but also the blessing of all the families of the earth through that seed. R1389:3
Are the children – The Christ, typified by Isaac and Rebecca. C297, R1341:6, R1389:2; Q164:2
Of the desolate – The Gospel covenant, typified by Sarah. R1389:1
Than the children – The Jews, according to the flesh. Q164:2
Of the married wife – Hagar, type of the Law covenant; her offspring, a servant class. R1389:2
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| 2 Enlarge the space of thy tent, And, the curtains of thy habitations, let them spread forth, do not spare,–Lengthen thy cords, And, thy tent-pins, make thou fast; |
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| 3 For, on the right hand and on the left, shalt thou break forth,–And, thy seed, shall, of the nations, take possession, And, forsaken cities, shall they cause to be inhabited. |
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| 4 Do not fear, for thou shalt not turn pale, Neither feel disgraced, for thou shalt not be put to the blush,–For, the shame of thy youth, shalt thou forget, And, the reproach of thy widowhood, shalt thou remember no more; |
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| 5 For, thy husband, is, thy Maker, Yahweh of hosts, is his Name,–And, thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, The God of all the earth, shall he be called. |
Thine husband – Caretaker. R1389:1
Illustrating the union between Jehovah and Israel. R1388:6
Thy Redeemer – Jehovah himself. R4085:3
All that our dear Redeemer has done for us has been the carrying out of the great plan of Jehovah, purposed in himself before the foundation of the world. R4085:3
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| 6 For, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, hath Yahweh, called thee,–Even the wife of youthful days, in that thou wast rejected, saith thy God. |
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| 7 For a small moment, I forsook thee,–But, with abounding compassions, do I embrace thee: |
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| 8 In an overflow of vexation, I hid my face, for a moment, from thee, But, with lovingkindness age-abiding, have I had compassion on thee,–saith thy Redeemer, Yahweh. |
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| 9 For, the waters of Noah, is this unto me,–As to which I sware that the waters of Noah should not again pass over the earth, So, have I sworn, Not to be vexed with thee, Nor to rebuke thee. |
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| 10 For, the mountains, may move away, And, the hills, may be shaken,–But, my lovingkindness, from thee, shall not move away, And, my covenant of peace, shall not be shaken, Saith he who hath compassion upon thee–Yahweh. |
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| 11 O thou humbled one, storm-tossed, uncomforted,–Lo! I, am about to set, in antimony, thy stones, And will found thee in sapphires; |
Lay thy stones – The Church is pictured as the glorious New Jerusalem, built of precious stones. R3596:5
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| 12 And make rubies, thy battlements, And thy gates, sparkling stones,–And all thy boundaries, stones of delight; |
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| 13 And, all thy children, shall be the instructed of Yahweh,–And, great, shall be the prosperity of thy children. |
All thy children – The spiritual sons of God. R3051:1
Taught of the LORD – Taught of Jehovah. "Learned of the Father." (John 6:45) E50
Our Lord Jesus is the Great Teacher of men by the appointment of the Heavenly Father, the great Master Teacher above all. E50
God, however, does not teach all in the same time and way. R385:1*
In the school of Christ, learning not all lessons at once, but gradually, "line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." (Isa. 28:10) R3051:1
Because unprejudiced and anxious for truth. E32
We should avoid following human teachers as leaders. Their teachings should be received only so far as they harmonize with the word of truth. R386:4*
Is it not reasonable that God, who is love and a kind and loving Father, should provide for the education of every individual who ever came into the world. R33:3*
Shall be the peace – Of those who understand the Lord's dealings. R3051:1
Without this peace one cannot have the joy of the Lord; and if they have not this it is because they have not been sufficiently taught of the Lord. R3051:3
Of the Millennial day, in which the Prince of Peace reigns. R2520:6
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| 14 In righteousness, shalt thou be established,–Be thou far from oppression–But indeed thou shalt not fear, And from crushing calamity–But indeed it shall not come nigh unto thee.
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In righteousness – Righteousness, justice, must be the foundation of every character acceptable to God. R3051:4
Shalt thou – The godly. R3051:3
Be established – Those who are not established in righteousness now will not be accounted worthy to be sharers in the first resurrection. R3051:3
Far from oppression – Having no sympathy with it. R3051:5
Anxious to set men free, not anxious to enslave them. R3051:5
Shalt not fear – "Perfect love casteth out fear." (1 John 4:18) The Lord's people should be the most fearless people in the world as respects earthly calamities. R3051:5
"Their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men." (Isa. 29:13) R3051:5
Not come near thee – Applies to the present life, and not to the life of glory. R3051:3
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| 15 Lo! they would, quarrel, with thee–not at all from me,–Whoso hath quarrelled with thee, over thee, shall fall. |
Gather together – A general gathering together of opponents to the truth and its servants. R3051:6
Shall fall – Come to naught. It is impossible to injure the very elect. R3051.
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| 16 Lo! I, have created the smith, who bloweth up a fire of coals, And who bringeth forth an instrument for his work,–And, I, have created the waster to destroy: |
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| 17 No instrument formed against thee, shall prosper, And, every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment, shalt thou prove to be lawless,–This, is the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh, And, their righteousness, is, from me, Declareth Yahweh. |
Against thee – Against the New Creature. R3050:3
The called, faithful and chosen ones--the Church. R1239:2*
The prince of this world has power to deceive and to lead astray many--if it were possible he would deceive even the very elect. The elect are the only class who cannot be deceived. R1239:2*
May be, to some extent, applicable to regathered and re-favored Israel after the flesh in the near future, when God will fulfil to them all his good promises. R3050:3
Shall prosper – Even though it may affect health, social position or financial prosperity. R3050:6
The rage of the enemies of truth is impotent except as it resorts to misrepresentation and sophistry, which the Lord assures us cannot "deceive the very elect." (Matt. 24:24) R2738:1
Rise against thee – In envy, malice, hatred, strife, slander. R3050:6
This merely injures the old creature--the flesh, already consecrated unto death. R3051:1
Is of me – "If God be for us, who can be against us. (Rom. 8:31) R3052:4
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