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Ordinary Time · Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

Isaiah 66:18-21

Nursed and Comforted by Mother Jerusalem

August 27, 2028

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives with Pilgrims Entering from the River Jordan, David Roberts
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives with Pilgrims Entering from the River Jordan, David Roberts, 1842Norfolk Museums Collections
A column of pilgrims coming up from the Jordan to the gates of the city.I come to gather nations of every language; they shall bring all your brothers to my holy mountain Jerusalem.David RobertsRoberts, who drew Jerusalem on the spot in 1839 and worked the drawings up for years after.Norfolk Museums CollectionsNorfolk Museums Collections.Norfolk Museums Collections
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 13:22-30Lk 13:22-30
Second ReadingHeb. 12:5-7, 11-13Heb 12:5-7, 11-13
First ReadingIsa. 66:18-21Is 66:18-21
Responsorial PsalmPs. 117:1, 2 (Mark 16:15)Ps 117:1, 2 (Mk 16:15)

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 CommentariesIs 66:18 Commentaries BibleHub

Collects classic commentaries on God's gathering of the nations.

Isaiah 66 CommentaryIs 66 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Walks through the book's closing vision of judgment and gathered nations.

Isaiah 66 (Barnes' Notes)Is 66 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight

Gives Albert Barnes' verse-by-verse notes on the chapter.

Isaiah 66 (Gill's Exposition)Is 66 (Gill's Exposition) StudyLight

Adds John Gill's older Reformed reading of the same verses.

Isaiah Commentaries & SermonsIs Commentaries & Sermons Precept Austin

Indexes further conservative expositors on Isaiah, including chapter 66.

Background & Word Study

Isaiah 66:18 InterlinearIs 66:18 Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the Hebrew word by word for God's gathering of the nations.

Isaiah 66:18Is 66:18 Sefaria

Gives the Hebrew text with classic Jewish commentaries alongside it.

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