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Lift up your eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to you; your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Lift up your eyes ... —Repeated from Isaiah 49:18.
Your daughters shall be nursed at your side ...
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Lift up your eyes round about, and see The Gentiles and kings coming to Christ and his church; the vast number of convert…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Arise, be enlightened. Here he begins to present the promise of salvation regarding three things:
