Time after Pentecost · Proper 16 · Year C
Isaiah 66:18-23
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 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik on Isaiah's closing vision of worshipers gathered from every nation and language.
Isaiah 66:18 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries on the chapter's vision of God gathering the nations and its unusually stark closing verse.
Isaiah 66 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight
Barnes' Notes on the missionary scope of 'I will send survivors' to the distant coastlands.
Isaiah 66 (Matthew Henry) Blue Letter Bible
Matthew Henry's classic exposition of the chapter, a fourth independent commentary voice on this passage.
Background & Word Study
Isaiah 66:18 Interlinear BibleHub
The Hebrew text word by word for the chapter's vision of nations streaming to see God's glory.
Isaiah 66:18-23 (Hebrew-English) Sefaria
A Hebrew-English parallel text for Isaiah's closing chapter.
Isaiah Overview BibleProject
An animated overview of Isaiah and its movement from judgment to a new Jerusalem.
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