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Darby's French Translation
Ésaïe 60:2
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Car voici, les t�n�bres couvriront la terre, et l'obscurit� couvrira les peuples; mais l'Eternel se l�vera sur toi, et sa gloire para�tra sur toi.
Car voici, les t�n�bres couvriront la terre, et l'obscurit� couvrira les peuples; mais sur toi se l�vera l'�ternel, et sur toi para�tra sa gloire.
Voici, les t�n�bres couvrent la terre, Et l'obscurit� les peuples; Mais sur toi l'Eternel se l�ve, Sur toi sa gloire appara�t.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the darkness: Matthew 15:14, Matthew 23:19, Matthew 23:24, John 8:55, Acts 14:16, Acts 17:23, Acts 17:30, Acts 17:31, Acts 26:18, Romans 1:21-32, Ephesians 4:17-20, 1 Peter 2:9
the Lord: Leviticus 9:23, Numbers 16:19, 1 Kings 8:11, Psalms 80:1, Ezekiel 10:4, Habakkuk 3:3, Habakkuk 3:4, Haggai 2:7-9, Malachi 4:2, John 1:1, John 1:14, John 1:18, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:4-6, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 1:3
Reciprocal: Psalms 36:9 - in thy Psalms 97:6 - all the Psalms 97:11 - Light Psalms 102:16 - he shall Song of Solomon 2:11 - General Isaiah 9:19 - is the land Isaiah 26:19 - Awake Isaiah 32:3 - General Isaiah 42:16 - I will bring Isaiah 49:9 - to them Isaiah 51:17 - awake Jeremiah 13:16 - gross Matthew 12:18 - and he Luke 4:18 - and Luke 21:28 - look John 12:20 - to worship 2 Corinthians 4:6 - the light Ephesians 5:8 - ye were 2 Timothy 1:10 - now 2 Peter 1:19 - a light Revelation 21:11 - the glory
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people,.... Like that which covered the land of Egypt, when there was light in Goshen: and this may be meant either of the darkness of ignorance, idolatry, superstition, false doctrine, and false worship, that should cover the far greater part of the nations of the world, before this light and glory should break out, as it does at this day; some parts of it being covered with Pagan darkness, others with Mahometan darkness, and others with Papal darkness; and a very small spot it is where the light of the Gospel is, and that clear, but among a very few; for the most part it is not clear nor dark, it is not day nor night; and this is the evening time, in which, ere long, it shall be light; see Zechariah 14:6 or else this may design the distress that the antichristian states will be in, when this light shall break forth; the kingdom of the beast will be full of darkness, distress, and confusion, Revelation 16:10:
but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee: as on the tabernacle of old, Leviticus 9:23 to which the allusion is, Isaiah 4:5 this shows that the light and glory of the Lord, in the preceding verse, design the Lord himself, and his gracious purpose, and the display of his glory in the Gospel now preached; and that it will be visible in the church, and taken notice of by others, and induce them, and even great personages, to come unto it, as follows: or "he shall be seen", or "appear", in "his glory upon thee"; so Ben Melech renders it, supposing that ב "in", is wanting; and so the sense is, that Christ shall appear in the glory of his person and of his offices, and especially his kingly office; and in the glory of his grace and righteousness, in the ministration of his word among his people. The Jews r apply this to the first coming of Christ, which belongs to his spiritual reign.
r T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 99. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For behold - Lo, darkness covers the earth. This is designed to turn the attention to the fact that all the rest of the world would be enveloped in deep spiritual night.
Darkness - (See the notes at Isaiah 45:7).
Shall cover the earth - Shall envelope the whole world except where it is illuminated by the gospel. It is needless to say that this was the fact when the Messiah came, and that it is still extensively true also.
And gross darkness - Lowth renders this, ‘A thick vapor.’ Herder. ‘Deep obscurity.’ Septuagint, Γνόφος Gnophos - Cloud, shade, tempest. The Hebrew word (ערפל ‛ărâpel) usually denotes thick cloud, cloudy darkness, gloom; and is often applied to the thick clouds of a tempest Exodus 20:18; Deuteronomy 4:11; Psalms 18:10. It is a word of intenser meaning than that which is rendered ‘darkness’ (השׁך chôshek) and the idea here is, that the nations would be enveloped in a cloud of ignorance and sin so dense and obscure that no light could penetrate it - a description strikingly applicable to the whole pagan world.
But the Lord shall arise upon thee - Like the sun. That is, Yahweh would manifest his perfections to them in a glorious manner.
Shall be seen upon thee - There is more emphatic meaning in the original here than is conveyed in our translation. The Hebrew word (יראה yērâ'eh) does not mean merely that that glory would be visible, but that it would be conspicuous. It would be so bright and luminous that it would be seen afar - like a cloud or column of glory standing over Jerusalem that would be conspicuous to far distant people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 60:2. Darkness shall cover the earth — This is the state of the Gentile people.
