Isaias 65:16

Filipino Cebuano Bible

16 Aron siya nga nagapanalangin sa iyang kaugalingon diha sa yuta magapanalangin sa iyang kaugalingon diha sa Dios sa kamatuoran; ug siya nga diha sa yuta magapanumpa tungod sa Dios sa kamatuoran; tungod kay ang unang mga kalisdanan nalimtan na, ug tungod kay sila gitagoan gikan sa akong mga mata.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he who: Psalms 72:17, Jeremiah 4:2

in the God: Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalms 31:5, Psalms 86:15, Jeremiah 10:10, John 1:14, John 1:17, John 14:6, Hebrews 6:17, Hebrews 6:18

he that: Isaiah 19:18, Isaiah 45:23-25, Isaiah 48:1, Deuteronomy 6:13, Deuteronomy 10:20, Psalms 63:11, Jeremiah 12:16, Zephaniah 1:5, Romans 14:11, Philippians 2:11

because: Isaiah 65:19, Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 54:4, Jeremiah 31:12, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Daniel 12:1, Daniel 12:11, Zephaniah 3:14-20, Revelation 20:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:3 - swear Genesis 41:30 - shall be Genesis 41:51 - forget 1 Samuel 29:6 - the Lord Job 11:16 - Because Psalms 69:28 - blotted Zechariah 8:13 - a curse Romans 3:3 - shall 2 Corinthians 1:20 - Amen 2 Corinthians 10:17 - General Revelation 3:14 - the Amen

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That he who blesseth himself in the earth,.... That is sensible he stands in need of blessings, and wishes for them, and prays he might have them; or that takes notice that he is blessed with them, and acknowledges them, and is thankful for them:

shall bless himself in the God of truth; shall pray to him for blessings he wants, and ascribe what he has unto him, and give him the praise and glory of them; by whom is meant, either God the Father, in opposition to idols, the fictitious deities of the Gentiles, those lying vanities, which were not gods by nature, and to whom the God of truth, or the true God, is often opposed, and whom the Targum here calls the living God; or rather the Messiah, our Lord Jesus Christ: for the words may be rendered, "shall bless himself in God Amen" f; that is, in God, who is the "Amen", which is one of the names of Christ, Revelation 3:14 in whom believers are blessed with all spiritual blessings, and reckon themselves blessed in him, and ascribe blessing to him for them; in whom all the promises of God are yea and amen, and who is the true God, and eternal life, 2 Corinthians 1:20:

and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; when an oath is necessary on any account, and it is proper to appeal to the supreme Being for the truth of anything, this, in Gospel times, should be done in the name of Christ; he, who is the Amen and faithful witness, is to be appealed unto, who is God omniscient, the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Of forms of swearing by Christ, see Romans 9:1. Besides, swearing, as it is a part of religious worship, may here be put for the whole; so it signifies, that as all blessings come from Christ, so all worship and duty should be performed unto him, and in his name.

Because the former troubles are forgotten, they are hid from mine eyes; which is to be understood not of afflictions and persecutions for the sake of Christ and his Gospel, for these, especially in the first times of it, were very great; though in the latter day they will cease, to which indeed this prophecy extends: but rather either of the idolatry and superstition of the Gentile world, which were troublesome and offensive to God, but now removed by the clear light of the Gospel, and so forgotten by him, and hid from his eyes; or the carnal ordinances of the legal dispensation, which gave great trouble to the worshippers then, and could not cleanse their consciences, and through the fear of death, on the breach of them, were all their lifetime subject to bondage; but now these are all done away by Christ, and in Gospel times forgotten by men, and hid from the sight of God, who regards them no more; see Jeremiah 3:16, which sense suits with what follows.

f יתברך באלוהי אמן "benedicet sibi in Deo Amen", Pagninus, Montanus, Vitringa; "benedicturus sit in Deo Amen", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That he who blesseth himself in the earth - That is, he who shall invoke blessings on himself.

Shall bless himself in the God of truth - Or by the true God. He shall not seek a blessing from a false god; but he shall come before the true God, and seek a blessing at his hand.

And he that sweareth - Every oath that is taken in the land shall be by the true God. There shall be no swearing by idols; but the true God shall be everywhere acknowledged.

Because the former troubles are forgotten - The former punishments and calamities shall be passed away. The favor of God shall be restored. His pure worship shall be re-established, and his name shall be celebrated again in the land. The image here is one of returning prosperity and favor; a state when the happiness will be so great that all the former trials will be regarded as not worthy of recollection.