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A Vision Beyond Circumstances
Commentators like John Calvin note that Jerusalem is addressed as a grieving figure told to "lift up her eyes." This was a call to look beyond the desolate circumstances of the time and see God's promised future. The verse promises a time when the church, far from being deserted, will become a global center of attraction, with people flocking to it from all directions.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 60:4
18th Century
Theologian
Lift up thine eyes - Jerusalem is here addressed as a female with eyes cast down from grief. She is directed to lift them up, and t…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 60:4
19th Century
Bishop
Lift up your eyes ... —Repeated from Isaiah 49:18.
Your daughters shall be nursed at your side ...
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 60:4–5
19th Century
Preacher
Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to you: your sons shall come from far, and your daughter…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 60:4
16th Century
Theologian
Lift up thine eyes round about. By a variety of expressions, he confirms that promise of the restoration of the Church which appeared to b…
John Gill
On Isaiah 60:4
17th Century
Pastor
Lift up your eyes round about, and see The Gentiles and kings coming to Christ and his church; the vast number of convert…
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…