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God's Work of Renewal
Commentators emphasize that the phrase "the work of my hands" points to God's direct and powerful act of spiritual renewal. This isn't merely a national recovery but a divine redemption where God creates new people, turning them from sin to piety. Scholars explain this transformation is solely God's work, highlighting that true spiritual change comes from His agency alone.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 29:23
18th Century
Theologian
But when he sees his children - The sense is, ‘he shall not be ashamed of his sons, for he shall see them from now on walking in the ways of…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 29:23
19th Century
Bishop
The work of my hands. —Possibly the direct object of the verb “sees,” the word “his children” being an interpretative ins…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 29:23
16th Century
Theologian
Because, when he shall see his children. The particle כי (kī) is used here in its natural and original meaning of for or…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 29:23
17th Century
Pastor
But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in
the midst of him
That is, it…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 29:17–24
17th Century
Minister
The wonderful change here foretold may refer to the affairs of Judah, though it looks further. When a great harvest of souls was gathered to Christ…