Isa 66:2, 5, 10 | JFB | STEP | 2. have been-- namely, made by Me. Or, absolutely, were things made; and therefore belong to Me, the Creator [Jerome]. look-- have regard. poor-- humble ( ). trembleth at ... word-- ( , ; ). The spiritual temple of the heart, though not superseding the outward place of worship, is God's favorite dwelling ( ). In the final state in heaven there shall be "no temple," but "the Lord God" Himself ( ).

‏ Isaiah 66:2

2. have been--namely, made by Me. Or, absolutely, were things made; and therefore belong to Me, the Creator [Jerome].

look--have regard.

poor--humble (Is 57:15).

trembleth at ... word--(2Ki 22:11, 19; Ezr 9:4). The spiritual temple of the heart, though not superseding the outward place of worship, is God's favorite dwelling (Joh 14:23). In the final state in heaven there shall be "no temple," but "the Lord God" Himself (Re 21:22).

‏ Isaiah 66:5

5. tremble at ... word--the same persons as in Is 66:2, the believing few among the Jews.

cast you out for my name's sake--excommunicate, as if too polluted to worship with them (Is 65:5). So in Christ's first sojourn on earth (Mt 10:22; Joh 9:22, 34; 16:2; 15:21). So it shall be again in the last times, when the believing shall be few (Lu 18:8).

Let the Lord be glorified--the mocking challenge of the persecutors, as if their violence towards you was from zeal for God. "Let the Lord show Himself glorious," namely, by manifesting Himself in your behalf; as the parallelism to, "He shall appear to your joy," requires (as in Is 5:19; compare Is 28:15; 57:4). So again Christ on the cross (Mt 27:42, 43).

appear to your joy--giving you "joy" instead of your "rebuke" (Is 25:8, 9).

‏ Isaiah 66:10

10. love ... mourn for her--(Psa 102:14, 17, 20; 122:6).