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A Command to Rise
Commentators explain that "Arise" is a powerful, effective command from God to His people, pictured as being in a state of affliction, darkness, and humiliation. This is not a mere suggestion but a divine call to leave behind despair and enter a new season of honor and spiritual vitality, lifted up by God's own hand.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 60:1
18th Century
Theologian
Arise - This is evidently addressed to the church, or to Zion regarded as the seat of the church. It is represented as having been …
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 60:1
19th Century
Bishop
Arise, shine ... —The description of the redeemed Zion—that is, the new Jerusalem—seen in the prophet’s vision as under t…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 60:1–3
19th Century
Preacher
Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross d…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 60:1
16th Century
Theologian
Arise, be bright. He now shows what is the effectiveness of that word of which he previously spoke; for he raises up a fallen and afflicte…
John Gill
On Isaiah 60:1
17th Century
Pastor
Arise, shine
The Targum adds, "O Jerusalem"; and so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions; and no doubt but the c…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 60:1–8
17th Century
Minister
As far as we have the knowledge of God in us, and the favour of God towards us, our light has come. And if God's glory is seen upon us to our honou…