This whole chapter is all to the same purport, all in the same strain; it is a part of God’s covenant with his church, which is spoken of in the Isa. 59:21 of the foregoing chapter, and the blessings here promised are the fruits of the word and Spirit there promised.

It is here promised that the gospel temple shall be very lightsome and very large. I. It shall be very lightsome: Thy light has come. When the Jews returned out of captivity they had light and gladness, and joy and honour; they then were made to know the Lord and to rejoice in his great goodness;…

The promises made to the church in the Isa. 60:1–8 are here repeated, ratified, and enlarged upon, designed still for the comfort and encouragement of the Jews after their return out of captivity, but certainly looking further, to the enlargement and advancement of the gospel church and the…

The happy and glorious state of the church is here further foretold, referring principally and ultimately to the Christian church and the spiritual peace of that, but under the type of that little gleam of outward peace which the Jews sometimes enjoyed after their return out of captivity.