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This is my covenant to them, When I will take away their sins."
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A Spiritual Restoration
Commentators unanimously agree that the covenant promise for Israel is spiritual, not political. It does not mean a restoration of the old temple system or a physical kingdom in the land. Instead, it refers to a national turning to Christ, where God will "take away their sins" and bring them into one unified body with Gentile believers.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For this is my covenant, etc. This expression is found immediately following the other in Isaiah 59:21. But the apostle connects with it a…
My covenant (η παρ' εμου διαθηκη). "The from me covenant," "my side of the covenant I have made with them" (Sanday and Headlam). C…
19th Century
Anglican
The second part of the quotation, “For (rather, and), this is my covenant with them,” etc., appears to be taken from the…
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The expression, “all Israel,” when taken in the light of the context, is the climax of this entire section. It must be understood to mean the natio…
16th Century
Protestant
And, this is my covenant with them, etc. Though Paul, by the last prophecy of Isaiah, briefly touched on the office of the Messiah to remi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For this is my covenant to them This is what God has promised to them in covenant, and he will be as good as his word; his cov…
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Of all judgments, spiritual judgments are the most severe; of these the apostle is here speaking. The restoration of the Jews is, in the natural or…
13th Century
Catholic
1. After leading the Gentiles to a knowledge of the divine judgments, in which God’s goodness and severity were manifested, the Apostle, act…
