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Isaiah 60:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

A promise to Israel.

"I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations." God's estimate of honour is the only real and permanent one. Nations have sought other excellences. The Egyptians excelled in architecture; the Greeks in art and beauty; the Romans in government and military prowess. The Jew was to excel in righteousness and religion.

I. GOD'S IDEAL IS IMMORTAL. "An eternal excellency."

1. Military empire passes from kingdom to kingdom.

2. Taste changes alike in art and architecture. But the moral law is eternal.

II. THE CONTRAST IS COMPLETE. The "forsaken" shall have arise among them One who shall fulfil the words of the sixteenth verse, "Thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." The "hated" shall find and feel the tender love of God; for (verse 10) "In my favour have I had mercy on thee." Scorn and contumely, what are they when the heart glows with the love of God, and the character wins his everlasting favour?—W.M.S.

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