Pentecost Season · Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C
Isaiah 66:18-21
Nursed and Comforted by Mother Jerusalem
August 27, 2028
Overview & Insights
"As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you." (Isaiah 66:13)
The prophet calls the exiles to rejoice with Jerusalem, pictured as a nursing mother whose breasts will satisfy and comfort her children, as God promises to extend peace like a river and comfort the people like a mother comforts her child.
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Commentary
Isaiah 66:18 Commentaries BibleHub
Collects classic commentaries on God's gathering of the nations.
Isaiah 66 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Walks through the book's closing vision of judgment and gathered nations.
Isaiah 66 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Gives Albert Barnes' verse-by-verse notes on the chapter.
Isaiah 66 (Gill's Exposition) StudyLight
Adds John Gill's older Reformed reading of the same verses.
Isaiah Commentaries & Sermons Precept Austin
Indexes further conservative expositors on Isaiah, including chapter 66.
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