Say to them - This is still an address to the ministers of religion, to make use of all the consolations which these truths and predictions …

Be strong, fear not: ... — The words are, of course, wide and general enough, but looking to the probable date of this se…

It is very singular how salvation and vengeance are so often associated together in Scripture. It is the day of salvation, and the day…

Say to them that are fainthearted. That strength of which He spoke is breathed into our hearts by God through His word, as by faith al…

Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart
Or, "hasty of heart" ^F23 ; are at once for flying from the enem…

Judea was prosperous in the days of Hezekiah, but the kingdom of Christ is the great subject intended. Converting grace causes the soul that was a …

1. The land that was desolate and impa able will be glad. In this section, the prophet describes the prosperity that will re…