A MIXTURE OF THREATS WITH PROMISES. The prophet returns, in the main, to his former attitude, and resumes his denunciations (Isaiah 65:11, Isaiah 65:12); but, with Isaiah 65:13, he begins to intermingle promises of favour to God's servants with threats against the rebellious, and finally (in Isaiah 65:16) turns wholly towards the side of grace and favour, announcing the coming of a time when "the former troubles" will be altogether "forgotten," and the kingdom of truth and right will be established.
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Isaiah 65:11-16
Isaiah 65:11-16
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