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5 Then the eyes H5869 of the blind H5787 shall be opened, H6491 and the ears H241 of the deaf H2795 shall be unstopped. H6605

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Isaiah 42:6-7 STRONG

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I the LORD H3068 have called H7121 thee in righteousness, H6664 and will hold H2388 thine hand, H3027 and will keep H5341 thee, and give H5414 thee for a covenant H1285 of the people, H5971 for a light H216 of the Gentiles; H1471 To open H6491 the blind H5787 eyes, H5869 to bring out H3318 the prisoners H616 from the prison, H4525 and them that sit H3427 in darkness H2822 out of the prison H3608 house. H1004

Isaiah 32:3-4 STRONG

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And the eyes H5869 of them that see H7200 shall not be dim, H8159 and the ears H241 of them that hear H8085 shall hearken. H7181 The heart H3824 also of the rash H4116 shall understand H995 knowledge, H1847 and the tongue H3956 of the stammerers H5926 shall be ready H4116 to speak H1696 plainly. H6703

Luke 7:20-23 STRONG

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When G1161 the men G435 were come G3854 unto G4314 him, G846 they said, G2036 John G2491 Baptist G910 hath sent G649 us G2248 unto G4314 thee, G4571 saying, G3004 Art G1488 thou G4771 he that should come? G2064 or G2228 look we for G4328 another? G243 And G1161 in G1722 that same G846 hour G5610 he cured G2323 many G4183 of G575 their infirmities G3554 and G2532 plagues, G3148 and G2532 of evil G4190 spirits; G4151 and G2532 unto many G4183 that were blind G5185 he gave G5483 sight. G991 Then G2532 Jesus G2424 answering G611 said G2036 unto them, G846 Go your way, G4198 and tell G518 John G2491 what things G3739 ye have seen G1492 and G2532 heard; G191 how G3754 that the blind G5185 see, G308 the lame G5560 walk, G4043 the lepers G3015 are cleansed, G2511 the deaf G2974 hear, G191 the dead G3498 are raised, G1453 to the poor G4434 the gospel is preached. G2097 And G2532 blessed G3107 is G2076 he, whosoever G3739 shall G4624 not G3362 be offended G4624 in G1722 me. G1698

Matthew 11:3-5 STRONG

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And said G2036 unto him, G846 Art G1488 thou G4771 he that should come, G2064 or G2228 do we look G4328 for another? G2087 Jesus G2424 answered G611 and G2532 said G2036 unto them, G846 Go G4198 and shew G518 John G2491 again G518 those things which G3739 ye do hear G191 and G2532 see: G991 The blind G5185 receive their sight, G308 and G2532 the lame G5560 walk, G4043 the lepers G3015 are cleansed, G2511 and G2532 the deaf G2974 hear, G191 the dead G3498 are raised up, G1453 and G2532 the poor G4434 have the gospel preached to them. G2097

Ephesians 1:17-18 STRONG

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That G2443 the God G2316 of our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ, G5547 the Father G3962 of glory, G1391 may give G1325 unto you G5213 the spirit G4151 of wisdom G4678 and G2532 revelation G602 in G1722 the knowledge G1922 of him: G846 The eyes G3788 of your G5216 understanding G1271 being enlightened; G5461 that G1519 ye G5209 may know G1492 what G5101 is G2076 the hope G1680 of his G846 calling, G2821 and G2532 what G5101 the riches G4149 of the glory G1391 of his G846 inheritance G2817 in G1722 the saints, G40

Acts 9:17-18 STRONG

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And G1161 Ananias G367 went his way, G565 and G2532 entered G1525 into G1519 the house; G3614 and G2532 putting G2007 his hands G5495 on G1909 him G846 said, G2036 Brother G80 Saul, G4549 the Lord, G2962 even Jesus, G2424 that appeared G3700 unto thee G4671 in G1722 the way G3598 as G3739 thou camest, G2064 hath sent G649 me, G3165 that G3704 thou mightest receive thy sight, G308 and G2532 be filled with G4130 the Holy G40 Ghost. G4151 And G2532 immediately G2112 there fell G634 from G575 his G846 eyes G3788 as G5616 it had been scales: G3013 and he received sight G308 forthwith, G3916 and G5037 arose, G450 and G2532 was baptized. G907

John 9:1-7 STRONG

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And G2532 as Jesus passed by, G3855 he saw G1492 a man G444 which was blind G5185 from G1537 his birth. G1079 And G2532 his G846 disciples G3101 asked G2065 him, G846 saying, G3004 Master, G4461 who G5101 did sin, G264 this man, G3778 or G2228 his G846 parents, G1118 that G2443 he was born G1080 blind? G5185 Jesus G2424 answered, G611 Neither G3777 hath G264 this man G3778 sinned, G264 nor G3777 his G846 parents: G1118 but G235 that G2443 the works G2041 of God G2316 should be made manifest G5319 in G1722 him. G846 I G1691 must G1163 work G2038 the works G2041 of him that sent G3992 me, G3165 while G2193 it is G2076 day: G2250 the night G3571 cometh, G2064 when G3753 no man G3762 can G1410 work. G2038 As long as G3752 I am G5600 in G1722 the world, G2889 I am G1510 the light G5457 of the world. G2889 When he had thus G5023 spoken, G2036 he spat G4429 on the ground, G5476 and G2532 made G4160 clay G4081 of G1537 the spittle, G4427 and G2532 he anointed G2025 G1909 the eyes G3788 of the blind man G5185 with the clay, G4081 And G2532 said G2036 unto him, G846 Go, G5217 wash G3538 in G1519 the pool G2861 of Siloam, G4611 (which G3739 is by interpretation, G2059 Sent.) G649 He went his way G565 therefore, G3767 and G2532 washed, G3538 and G2532 came G2064 seeing. G991

Mark 9:25-26 STRONG

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When G1161 Jesus G2424 saw G1492 that G3754 the people G3793 came running together, G1998 he rebuked G2008 the foul G169 spirit, G4151 saying G3004 unto him, G846 Thou dumb G216 and G2532 deaf G2974 spirit, G4151 I G1473 charge G2004 thee, G4671 come G1831 out of G1537 him, G846 and G2532 enter G1525 no more G3371 into G1519 him. G846 And G2532 the spirit cried, G2896 and G2532 rent G4682 him G846 sore, G4183 and came out of him: G1831 and G2532 he was G1096 as G5616 one dead; G3498 insomuch G5620 that G3754 many G4183 said, G3004 He is dead. G599

Mark 8:22-25 STRONG

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And G2532 he cometh G2064 to G1519 Bethsaida; G966 and G2532 they bring G5342 a blind man G5185 unto him, G846 and G2532 besought G3870 him G846 to G2443 touch G680 him. G846 And G2532 he took G1949 the blind man G5185 by the hand, G5495 and led G1806 him G846 out of G1854 the town; G2968 and G2532 when he had spit G4429 on G1519 his G846 eyes, G3659 and put G2007 his hands G5495 upon him, G846 he asked G1905 him G846 if G1536 he saw G991 ought. G1536 And G2532 he looked up, G308 and said, G3004 G3754 I see G991 men G444 as G5613 G3708 trees, G1186 walking. G4043 After G1534 that he put G2007 his hands G5495 again G3825 upon G1909 his G846 eyes, G3788 and G2532 made G4160 him G846 look up: G308 and G2532 he was restored, G600 and G2532 saw G1689 every man G537 clearly. G5081

Mark 7:32-37 STRONG

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And G2532 they bring G5342 unto him G846 one that was deaf, G2974 and had an impediment in his speech; G3424 and G2532 they beseech G3870 him G846 to G2443 put G2007 his hand G5495 upon him. G846 And G2532 he took G618 him G846 aside G2596 G2398 from G575 the multitude, G3793 and put G906 his G846 fingers G1147 into G1519 his G846 ears, G3775 and G2532 he spit, G4429 and touched G680 his G846 tongue; G1100 And G2532 looking up G308 to G1519 heaven, G3772 he sighed, G4727 and G2532 saith G3004 unto him, G846 Ephphatha, G2188 that is, G3603 Be opened. G1272 And G2532 straightway G2112 his G846 ears G189 were opened, G1272 and G2532 the string G1199 of his G846 tongue G1100 was loosed, G3089 and G2532 he spake G2980 plain. G3723 And G2532 he charged G1291 them G846 that G2443 they should tell G2036 no man: G3367 but G1161 the more G3745 he G846 charged G1291 them, G846 so much the more G3123 a great deal G4054 they published G2784 it; And G2532 were beyond measure G5249 astonished, G1605 saying, G3004 He hath done G4160 all things G3956 well: G2573 he maketh G4160 both G2532 the deaf G2974 to hear, G191 and G2532 the dumb G216 to speak. G2980

Matthew 20:30-34 STRONG

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And, G2532 behold, G2400 two G1417 blind men G5185 sitting G2521 by the way G3598 side, G3844 when they heard G191 that G3754 Jesus G2424 passed by, G3855 cried out, G2896 saying, G3004 Have mercy G1653 on us, G2248 O Lord, G2962 thou Son G5207 of David. G1138 And G1161 the multitude G3793 rebuked G2008 them, G846 because G2443 they should hold their peace: G4623 but G1161 they cried G2896 the more, G3185 saying, G3004 Have mercy G1653 on us, G2248 O Lord, G2962 thou Son G5207 of David. G1138 And G2532 Jesus G2424 stood still, G2476 and called G5455 them, G846 and G2532 said, G2036 What G5101 will ye G2309 that I shall do G4160 unto you? G5213 They say G3004 unto him, G846 Lord, G2962 that G2443 our G2257 eyes G3788 may be opened. G455 So G1161 Jesus G2424 had compassion G4697 on them, and touched G680 their G846 eyes: G3788 and G2532 immediately G2112 their G846 eyes G3788 received sight, G308 and G2532 they followed G190 him. G846

Matthew 9:27-30 STRONG

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And G2532 when Jesus G2424 departed G3855 thence, G1564 two G1417 blind men G5185 followed G190 him, G846 crying, G2896 and G2532 saying, G3004 Thou Son G5207 of David, G1138 have mercy G1653 on us. G2248 And G1161 when he was come G2064 into G1519 the house, G3614 the blind men G5185 came G4334 to him: G846 and G2532 Jesus G2424 saith G3004 unto them, G846 Believe ye G4100 that G3754 I am able G1410 to do G4160 this? G5124 They said G3004 unto him, G846 Yea, G3483 Lord. G2962 Then G5119 touched he G680 their G846 eyes, G3788 saying, G3004 According G2596 to your G5216 faith G4102 be it G1096 unto you. G5213 And G2532 their G846 eyes G3788 were opened; G455 and G2532 Jesus G2424 straitly charged G1690 them, G846 saying, G3004 See G3708 that no man G3367 know G1097 it.

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Commentary on Isaiah 35 Matthew Henry Commentary

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Chapter 35

As after a prediction of God's judgments upon the world (ch. 24) follows a promise of great mercy to be had in store for his church (ch. 25), so here after a black and dreadful scene of confusion in the foregoing chapter we have, in this, a bright and pleasant one, which, though it foretel the flourishing estate of Hezekiah's kingdom in the latter part of his reign, yet surely looks as far beyond that as the prophecy in the foregoing chapter does beyond the destruction of the Edomites; both were typical, and it concerns us most to look at those things which they were typical of, the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of heaven. When the world, which lies in wickedness, shall be laid in ruins, and the Jewish church, which persisted in infidelity, shall become a desolation, then the gospel church shall be set up and made to flourish.

  • I. The Gentiles shall be brought into it (v. 1, 2, 7).
  • II. The well-wishers to it, who were weak and timorous, shall be encouraged (v. 3, 4).
  • III. Miracles shall be wrought both on the souls and on the bodies of men (v. 5, 6).
  • IV. The gospel church shall be conducted in the way of holiness (v. 8, 9).
  • V. It shall be brought at last to endless joys (v. 10).

Thus do we find more of Christ and heaven in this chapter than one would have expected in the Old Testament.

Isa 35:1-4

In these verses we have,

  • I. The desert land blooming. In the foregoing chapter we had a populous and fruitful country turned into a horrid wilderness; here we have in lieu of that, a wilderness turned into a good land. When the land of Judah was freed from the Assyrian army, those parts of the country that had been made as a wilderness by the ravages and outrages they committed began to recover themselves, and to look pleasantly again, and to blossom as the rose. When the Gentile nations, that had been long as a wilderness, bringing forth no fruit to God, received the gospel, joy came with it to them, Ps. 67:3, 4; 96:11, 12. When Christ was preached in Samaria there was great joy in that city (Acts 8:8); those that sat in darkness saw a great and joyful light, and then they blossomed, that is, gave hopes of abundance of fruit; for that was it which the preachers of the gospel aimed at (Jn. 15:16), to go and bring forth fruit, Rom. 1:13; Col. 1:6. Though blossoms are not fruit, and often miscarry and come to nothing, yet they are in order to fruit. Converting grace makes the soul that was a wilderness to rejoice with joy and singing, and to blossom abundantly. This flourishing desert shall have all the glory of Lebanon given to it, which consisted in the strength and stateliness of its cedars, together with the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, which consisted in corn and cattle. Whatever is valuable in any institution is brought into the gospel. All the beauty of the Jewish church was admitted into the Christian church, and appeared in its perfection, as the apostle shows at large in his epistle to the Hebrews. Whatever was excellent an desirable in the Mosaic economy is translated into the evangelical institutes.
  • II. The glory of God shining forth: They shall see the glory of the Lord. God will manifest himself more than ever in his grace and love to mankind (for that is his glory and excellency), and he shall give them eyes to see it, and hearts to be duly affected with it. This is that which will make the desert blossom. The more we see by faith of the glory of the Lord and the excellency of our God the more joyful and the more fruitful shall we be.
  • III. The feeble and faint-hearted encouraged, v. 3, 4. God's prophets and ministers are in a special manner charged, by virtue of their office, to strengthen the weak hands, to comfort those who could not yet recover the fright they had been put into by the Assyrian army with an assurance that God would now return in mercy to them. This is the design of the gospel,
    • 1. To strengthen those that are weak and to confirm them-the weak hands, which are unable either to work or fight, and can hardly be lifted up in prayer, and the feeble knees, which are unable either to stand or walk and unfit for the race set before us. The gospel furnishes us with strengthening considerations, and shows us where strength is laid up for us. Among true Christians there are many that have weak hands and feeble knees, that are yet but babes in Christ; but it is our duty to strengthen our brethren (Lu. 22:32), not only to bear with the weak, but to do what we can to confirm them, Rom. 15:1; 1 Th. 5:14. It is our duty also to strengthen ourselves, to lift up the hands which hang down (Heb. 12:12), improving the strength God has given us, and exerting it.
    • 2. To animate those that are timorous and discouraged: Say to those that are of a fearful heart, because of their own weakness and the strength of their enemies, that are hasty (so the word is), that are for betaking themselves to flight upon the first alarm, and giving up the cause, that say, in their haste, "We are cut off and undone' (Ps. 31:22), there is enough in the gospel to silence these fears; it says to them, and let them say it to themselves and one to another, Be strong, fear not. Fear is weakening; the more we strive against it the stronger we are both for doing and suffering; and, for our encouragement to strive, he that says to us, Be strong has laid help for us upon one that is mighty.
  • IV. Assurance given of the approach of a Saviour: "Your God will come with vengeance. God will appear for you against your enemies, will recompense both their injuries and your losses.' The Messiah will come, in the fulness of time, to take vengeance on the powers of darkness, to spoil them, and make a show of them openly, to recompense those that mourn in Zion with abundant comforts. He will come and save us. With the hopes of this the Old-Testament saints strengthened their weak hands. He will come again at the end of time, will come in flaming fire, to recompense tribulation to those who have troubled his people, and, to those who were troubled, rest, such a rest as will be not only a final period to, but a full reward of, all their troubles, 2 Th. 1:6, 7. Those whose hearts tremble for the ark of God, and who are under a concern for his church in the world, may silence their fears with this, God will take the work into his own hands. Your God will come, who pleads your cause and owns your interest, even God himself, who is God alone.

Isa 35:5-10

"Then, when your God shall come, even Christ, to set up his kingdom in the world, to which all the prophets bore witness, especially towards the conclusion of their prophecies of the temporal deliverances of the church, and this evangelical prophet especially-then look for great things.'

  • I. Wonders shall be wrought in the kingdoms both of nature and grace, wonders of mercy wrought upon the children of men, sufficient to evince that it is no less than a God that comes to us.
    • 1. Wonders shall be wrought on men's bodies (v. 5, 6): The eyes of the blind shall be opened; this was often done by our Lord Jesus when he was here upon earth, with a word's speaking, and one he gave sight to that was born blind, Mt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; Jn. 9:6. By his power the ears of the deaf also were unstopped, with one word. Ephphatha-Be opened, Mk. 7:34. Many that were lame had the use of their limbs restored so perfectly that they could not only go, but leap, and with so much joy to them that they could not forbear leaping for joy, as that impotent man, Acts 3:8. The dumb also were enabled to speak, and then no marvel that they were disposed to sing for joy, Mt. 9:32, 33. These miracles Christ wrought to prove that he was sent of God (Jn. 3:2), nay, working them by his own power and in his own name, he proved that he was God, the same who at first made man's mouth, the hearing ear, and the seeing eye. When he would prove to John's disciples his divine mission he did it by miracles of this kind, in which this scripture was fulfilled.
    • 2. Wonders, greater wonders, shall be wrought on men's souls. By the word and Spirit of Christ those that were spiritually blind were enlightened (Acts 26:18), those that were deaf to the calls of God were made to hear them readily, so Lydia, whose heart the Lord opened, so that she attended, Acts 16:14. Those that were impotent to every thing that is good by divine grace are made, not only able for it, but active in it, and run the way of God's commandments. Those also that were dumb, and knew not how to speak of God or to God, having their understandings opened to know him, shall thereby have their lips opened to show forth his praise. The tongue of the dumb shall sing for joy, the joy of God's salvation. Praise shall be perfected out of the mouth of babes and sucklings.
  • II. The Spirit shall be poured out from on high. There shall be waters and streams, rivers of living water; when our Saviour spoke of these as the fulfilling of the scripture, and most probably of this scripture, the evangelist tells us, He spoke of the Spirit (Jn. 7:38, 39), as does also this prophet (ch. 32:15); so here (v. 6), in the wilderness, where one would least expect it, shall waters break out. This was fulfilled when the Holy Ghost fell upon the Gentiles that heard the word (Acts 10:44); then were the fountains of life opened, whence streams flowed, that watered the earth abundantly. These waters are said to break out, which denotes a pleasing surprise to the Gentile world, such as brought them, as it were, into a new world. The blessed effect of this shall be that the parched ground shall become a pool, v. 7. Those that laboured and were heavily laden, under the burden of guilt, and were scorched with the sense of divine wrath, found rest, and refreshment, and abundant comforts in the gospel. In the thirsty land, where no water was, nor ordinances (Ps. 63:1), there shall be springs of water, a gospel ministry, and by that the administration of all gospel ordinances in their purity and plenty, which are the river that makes glad the city of our God, Ps. 46:4. In the habitation of dragons, who chose to dwell in the parched scorched ground (ch. 34:9, 13), these waters shall flow, and dispossess them, so that, where each lay shall be grass with reeds and rushes, great plenty of useful productions. Thus it was when Christian churches were planted, and flourished greatly, in the cities of the Gentiles, which, for many ages, had been habitations of dragons, or devils rather, as Babylon (Rev. 18:2); when the property of the idols' temples was altered, and they were converted to the service of Christianity, then the habitations of dragons became fruitful fields.
  • III. The way of religion and godliness shall be laid open: it is here called the way of holiness (v. 8) the way both of holy worship and a holy conversation. Holiness is the rectitude of the human nature and will, in conformity to the divine nature and will. The way of holiness is that course of religious duties in which men ought to walk and press forward, with an eye to the glory of God and their own felicity in the enjoyment of him. "When our God shall come to save us he shall chalk out to us this way by his gospel, so as it had never been before described.'
    • 1. It shall be an appointed way; not a way of sufferance, but a highway, a way into which we are directed by a divine authority and in which we are protected by a divine warrant. It is the King's highway, the King of Kings' highway, in which, though we may be waylaid, we cannot be stopped. The way of holiness is the way of God's commandments; it is (as highways usually are) the good old way, Jer. 6:16.
    • 2. It shall be an appropriated way, the way in which God will bring his own chosen to himself, but the unclean shall not pass over it, either to defile it or to disturb those that walk in it. It is a way by itself, distinguished from the way of the world, for it is a way of separation from, and nonconformity to, this world. It shall be for those whom the Lord has set apart for himself (Ps. 4:3), shall be reserved for them: The redeemed shall walk there, and the satisfaction they take in these ways of pleasantness shall be out of the reach of molestation from an evil world. The unclean shall not pass over it, for it shall be a fair way; those that walk in it are the undefiled in the way, who escape the pollution that is in the world.
    • 3. It shall be a straight way: The wayfaring men, who choose to travel in it, though fools, of weak capacity in other things, shall have such plain directions from the word and Spirit of God in this way that they shall not err therein; not that they shall be infallible even in their own conduct, or that they shall in nothing mistake, but they shall not be guilty of any fatal misconduct, shall not so miss their way but that they shall recover it again, and get well to their journey's end. Those that are in the narrow way, though some may fall into one path and others into another, not all equally right, but all meeting at last in the same end, shall yet never fall into the broad way again; the Spirit of truth shall lead them into all truth that is necessary for them. Note, The way to heaven is a plain way, and easy to hit. God has chosen the foolish things of the world, and made them wise to salvation. Knowledge is easy to him that understands.
    • 4. It shall be a safe way: No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast (v. 9), none to hurt or destroy. Those that keep close to this way keep out of the reach of Satan the roaring lion, that wicked one touches them not. Those that walk in the way of holiness may proceed with a holy security and serenity of mind, knowing that nothing can do them any real hurt; they shall be quiet from the fear of evil. It was in Hezekiah's days, some time after the captivity of the ten tribes, that God, being displeased with the colonies settled there, sent lions among them, 2 Ki. 17:25. But Judah keeps her integrity, and therefore no lions shall be there. Those that walk in the way of holiness must separate themselves from the unclean and the ravenous, must save themselves from an untoward generation; hoping that they themselves are of the redeemed, let them walk with the redeemed who shall walk there.
  • IV. The end of this way shall be everlasting joy, v. 10. This precious promise of peace now will end shortly in endless joys and rest for the soul. Here is good news for the citizens of Zion, rest to the weary: The ransomed of the Lord, who therefore ought to follow him wherever he goes (Rev. 14:4), shall return and come to Zion,
    • 1. To serve and worship God in the church militant: they shall deliver themselves out of Babylon (Zec. 2:7), shall ask the way to Zion (Jer. 50:5), and shall find the way ch. 52:12. God will open to them a door of escape out of their captivity, and it shall be an effectual door, though there be many adversaries. They shall join themselves to the gospel church, that Mount Zion, that city of the living God, Heb. 12:22. They shall come with songs of joy and praise for their deliverance out of Babylon, where they wept upon every remembrance of Zion, Ps. 137:1. Those that by faith are made citizens of the gospel Zion may go on their way rejoicing (Acts 8:39); they shall sing in the ways of the Lord, and be still praising him. They rejoice in Christ Jesus, and the sorrows and signs of their convictions are made to flee away by the power of divine consolations. Those that mourn are blessed, for they shall be comforted.
    • 2. To see and enjoy God in the church triumphant; those that walk in the way of holiness, under guidance of their Redeemer, shall come to Zion at last, to the heavenly Zion, shall come in a body, shall all be presented together, faultless, at the coming of Christ's glory with exceeding joy (Jude 24; Rev. 7:17); they shall come with songs. When God's people returned out of Babylon to Zion they came weeping (Jer. 50:4); but they shall come to heaven singing a new song, which no man can learn, Rev. 14:3. When they shall enter into the joy of their Lord it shall be what the joys of this world never could be everlasting joy, without mixture, interruption, or period. It shall not only fill their hearts, to their own perfect and perpetual satisfaction, but it shall be upon their heads, as an ornament of grace and a crown of glory, as a garland worn in token of victory. Their joy shall be visible, and no longer a secret thing, as it is here in this world; it shall be proclaimed, to the glory of God and their mutual encouragement. They shall then obtain the joy and gladness which they could never expect on this side heaven; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away for ever, as the shadows of the night before the rising sun. Thus these prophecies, which relate to the Assyrian invasion, conclude, for the support of the people of God under that calamity, and to direct their joy, in their deliverance from it, to something higher. Our joyful hopes and prospects of eternal life should swallow up both all the sorrows and all the joys of this present time.