UIsaya 61:6

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

6 Ke nina ukubizwa kwenu, kuya kuthiwa ningababingeleli bakaYehova; kuya kuthiwa kuni, ningabalungiseleli boThixo wethu; niya kudla ubutyebi beentlanga, nindolose ninozuko lwazo.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

named: Isaiah 60:17, Isaiah 66:21, Exodus 19:6, Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 1:6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 20:6, called, Ezekiel 14:11, 1 Corinthians 3:5, 1 Corinthians 4:1, 2 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Corinthians 11:23, Ephesians 4:11, Ephesians 4:12

ye shall eat: Isaiah 23:18, Isaiah 60:5-7, Isaiah 60:10, Isaiah 60:11, Isaiah 60:16, Isaiah 66:12, Acts 11:28-30, Romans 15:26, Romans 15:27

Reciprocal: Genesis 26:28 - was with Leviticus 8:13 - Moses Numbers 16:5 - who is holy Numbers 25:13 - an everlasting Deuteronomy 18:2 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 22:2 - the strangers 2 Chronicles 6:41 - thy priests Job 19:9 - stripped Isaiah 45:14 - The labour Isaiah 60:6 - bring Jeremiah 31:14 - satiate Jeremiah 33:18 - General Ezekiel 43:19 - the priests Joel 1:9 - the Lord's Joel 1:13 - ye ministers Malachi 3:3 - the sons

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But ye shall be named the priests of the Lord,.... Or, "and ye shall be named", c. which Jerom understands of the builders of cities, pastors of flocks, the ploughmen and vinedressers, the strangers and the sons of the alien, that these also should be called priests: but rather it designs the Jews, when they shall be called and converted, and when there will be no more the distinction of priests and common people, but they shall all be kings and priests unto God, a royal priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices to him, all ceremonial ones being at an end:

men shall call you the ministers of our God Christian men shall call, own, and acknowledge you to be the servants of Christ, of Immanuel, God with us, having professed faith in him, and submitted to his ordinances:

ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles; converted Gentiles, who shall join themselves with Jewish converts in the same church state; who shall bring their wealth with them, and with it support the interest of Christ; see Isaiah 60:5, or this may be understood of their spiritual riches, the unsearchable riches of Christ revealed in the Gospel, which the Gentiles have long possessed, but now the Jews shall have a share with them:

and in their glory shall you boast yourselves; not in being the seed of Abraham, as formerly; in birth privileges, in carnal rites and ceremonies, such as circumcision and others; but in what is the glory of the Gentiles, Christ himself, who is their glory, and of whom they glory; as also his Gospel, and the ordinances of it, which are the glory of every nation possessed of them: or, "ye shall delight yourselves" z; in the Lord; in communion and conversation with his people, and in the enjoyment of the privileges of his house with them: or, "ye shall lift up or exalt yourselves", or "be exalted" a; to the same degree of honour and glory, being all kings and priests unto God.

z תתימרו "oblectabitis", Tigurine, version. So the Targum. a "Summe efferetis vos", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Vitringa "exaltabimini", Munster, Pagninus. So Ben Melech, and R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 89. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But ye shall be named - The idea here literally is, ‘There will be no need of your engaging in the business of agriculture. All that will be done by others; and you, as ministers of God, may engage wholly in the duties of religion. The world shall be tributary to you, and you shall enjoy the productions of all lands; and you may, therefore, devote yourselves exclusively to the service of Yahweh, as a kingdom of priests.’ A similar promise occurs in Exodus 19:6 : ‘And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.’ The idea is, that there would be a degree of spiritual prosperity, as great as if they were permitted to enjoy all the productions of other climes; as if all menial and laborious service were performed by others; and as if they were to be entirely free from the necessity of toil, and were permitted to devote themselves exclusively to the services of religion.

Ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles - (See the notes at Isaiah 60:5-11).

And in their glory - In what constitutes their glory, or what they regard as valuable; that is, their wealth, their talents, and their power.

Shall you boast yourselves? - There has been considerable variety of interpretation in regard to the meaning of the word used here. Jerome renders it, Et in gloria earum superbietis. The Septuagint, ‘In their wealth ye shall be admired’ (θαυμασθήσεσθε thaumasthēsesthe). The Chaldee and Syriac render it, ‘In their splendor ye shall glory.’ The word used is ימר yâmar. It occurs nowhere else, it is believed, except in Jeremiah 2:11, twice, where it is tendered ‘changed.’ ‘Hath a nation changed (ההימיר hahēymiyr) their gods, which are yet no gods? But my people have changed ( המיר hēmiyr) their glory for that which doth not profit.’ In the passage before us, it is used in Hithpael, and means properly to exchange oneself with anyone. Here it means, ‘In their splendor we shall take their places,’ that is, we shall enjoy it in their stead. We shall avail ourselves of it as if we were to enter into their possessions, and as if it were our own. The sense is, it shall come to enrich and adorn the church. It shall cleavage places, and shall all belong to the penple of God - in accordance with that which has been so often said by Isaiah, that the wealth of the world would become tributary to the church.