Isaias 49:20

Filipino Cebuano Bible

20 Ang mga anak sa imong pagkailo moingon sa imong mga igdulungog: Ang dapit hiktin ra kaayo alang kanako; hatagi ako ug dapit nga akong pagapuy-an.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

children: Isaiah 60:4, Hosea 1:10, Matthew 3:9, Galatians 4:26-28

The place: Isaiah 51:3, Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 54:2, Joshua 17:14-16, 2 Kings 6:1

Reciprocal: Job 42:13 - General Psalms 107:41 - maketh Song of Solomon 8:5 - there she Isaiah 9:3 - hast multiplied Isaiah 27:6 - General Isaiah 66:8 - shall a nation Jeremiah 10:20 - my children Ezekiel 47:10 - exceeding Zephaniah 3:10 - General Luke 13:19 - and it

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other,.... Which "other lost" are not the Jews, the broken branches, rejected and cut off for unbelief; and the "children after" them not the Gentiles converted, which took their place; but "the other" are such who have been destroyed by the Heathen persecutions, and especially by the antichristian cruelties; and the "children after", the great numbers of converts upon the fall of antichrist. The words may be rendered, "the children of thine orbity" o, or "childless state"; such as were born unto her in an uncommon, extraordinary, and unexpected way, when the church seemed to be in a widowhood estate, or like a woman that is past bearing children:

shall say again in thine ears; or, "shall yet say" p; that is, hereafter, in time to come: for this is a prophecy of what should be said in the church's hearing, and such as had never been said before; and therefore improperly rendered "again"; for there never has been as yet such a time as this, or such a large number of converts, as to say,

the place is too strait for me to dwell in; there is not room enough for us, as in 2 Kings 6:1:

give place to me that I may dwell; one and another of the children or converts should say, make room for me, that I may have a name and a place among you, and dwell with you, and abide in the house of the Lord, and partake of the privileges and ordinances of it: but the word used signifies drawing nigh, and not giving way or removing; and should rather be rendered, "draw nigh to me that I may dwell"; or "and I shall dwell" q, or "sit"; come close to one another, and we shall all sit and dwell comfortably together; just as when a house is well filled with agreeable company, and there is an unwillingness to part with or lose any, they are desired to sit close together, that there may be room for all: and this is, and will be, the case with the church and her members; they will be desirous to sit regularly, and close together, in Gospel order, that everyone may be comfortable, and partake of the benefit of communion, and none be obliged to depart: and to this sense Gussetius r interprets the phrase.

o בני שכוליך "filii orbitatis tuae", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Vitringa "orbitatum tuarum", Pagninus, Montanus; "tui orbati", Munster. (The word "orbity" means "childless" or "without parents", Webster's 1828 Dictionary, Editor) p עוד יאמרו "adhuc dicent", Gataker, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Vitringa. q גשה לי ואשבה "accede mihi & habitabo", Montanus "contrahe te mea causa ut sedeam", Cocceius. r Ebr. Comment. p. 496.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The children which thou shalt have - The increase of the population shall be so great.

After thou hast lost the other - Hebrew, ‘The sons of thy widowhood.’ That is, after thou hast lost those that have been killed in the wars, and those that have died in captivity in a distant land, there shall be again a great increase as if they were given to a widowed mother. And perhaps the general truth is taught here, that the persecution of the people of God will be attended ultimately with a vast increase; and that all the attempts to obliterate the church will only tend finally to enlarge and strengthen it.

Shall say again in thy ears - Or, shall say to thee.

The place is too strait for me - There is not room for us all. The entire language here denotes a vast accession to the church of God. It is indicative of such an increase as took place when the gospel was proclaimed by the apostles to the Gentiles, and of such an increase as shall Yet more abundantly take place when the whole world shall become converted to God.