Time after Pentecost · Proper 9 · Year C
Isaiah 66:10-14
Nursed and Comforted by Mother Jerusalem
July 9, 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
Commentary on Isaiah 66:10-14 Working Preacher
Reads the parental imagery as a threefold assurance of comfort after exile.
Isaiah 66 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Covers the nursing and dandling imagery in the context of Isaiah's closing chapter.
Isaiah 66:10 Commentaries BibleHub
Collects classic commentators on the call to rejoice with Jerusalem.
Isaiah 66 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight
Notes the shift from judgment earlier in the chapter to maternal comfort here.
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