Pentecost Season · 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
Draws out the maternal imagery of God comforting a war-weary people.
Isaiah 66 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse notes on the closing chapter's judgment and comfort themes.
Isaiah 66:10 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentators on the call to rejoice with Jerusalem.
Isaiah 66 - Expositor's Bible Commentary StudyLight
A fuller expositional treatment of the book's closing comfort oracle.
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