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The End of Insecurity
Commentators explain that this verse promises a future of profound security. Unlike times of war or injustice where enemies would seize homes and harvests, God's people will build, plant, and fully enjoy the fruits of their own labor without fear of loss. It is a promise of lasting peace and justice, reversing the curses of the old covenant.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 65:22
18th Century
Theologian
They shall not build, and another inhabit - Every man shall enjoy the benefits of his labor.
For as the days of a tre…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 65:22
19th Century
Bishop
As the days of a tree ... —We may think of the cedars of Lebanon or the oaks of Bashan as providing the prophet with the ideal standard of…
John Gill
On Isaiah 65:22
17th Century
Pastor
They shall not build, and another inhabit As the Canaanites did, whose houses the Israelites inhabited; but they shall in…
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Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 65:17–25
17th Century
Minister
In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miser…