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Isaiah 66

Isaiah 66 — Overview

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Isaiah 66 — OverviewIsaiah 66 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe scope of this chapter is much the same as that of the foregoing chapter and many expressions of it are the same; it therefore looks the same way, to the different state of the good and bad among the Jews at…Isaiah 66 — OverviewIsaiah 66 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter treats of the same things as the former, the rejection of the unbelieving Jews, and the regard had to them that did believe; the conversion of that people in the latter day; the calling of the Gentiles, and…Isaiah 66:1-4Isaiah 66:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, I. The temple is slighted in comparison with a gracious soul, v. 1, 2. The Jews in the prophet's time, and afterwards in Christ's time, gloried much in the temple and promised themselves great things from…Isaiah 66:1Isaiah 66:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryHeaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool (comp. Psalms 11:4; Psalms 103:19). The Hebrews, while they earnestly desired to have a material emblem of the presence of God in their midst, were deeply impressed…Isaiah 66:1Isaiah 66:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryGod to be worshipped in buildings, though no building can be worthy of him. Of a surety, God "dwelleth not in temples made with hands" (Acts 7:48) in any such sense as to be accessible in such places exclusively. There…Isaiah 66:1-4Isaiah 66:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE UNGODLY EXILES REBUKED. Israel, being about to return from the Captivity, had the design of rebuilding the temple and re-establishing the temple worship. God rebukes this design in persons devoid of any spirit of…