Isa 8:18, 61:9, Eze 16:14, 2Th 1:10 | JFB | STEP | 18. I and the children-- Isaiah means "salvation of Jehovah"; His children's names, also ( , ; ), were "signs" suggestive of the coming and final deliverance. wonders-- that is, symbols of the future ( ; ). "Behold I ... me" is quoted in to prove the manhood of the Messiah. This is the main and ultimate fulfilment of the prophecy; its temporary meaning is applied to Ahaz' time. Isaiah typically, in , , personates Messiah, who is at once "Father" and "Son," Isaiah and Immanuel, "Child" and "Mighty God," and is therefore called here a "wonder," as in , "Wonderful." Hence in , believers are called His "children"; but in , , His "brethren." On "the Lord hath given me," see , ; ; . which dwelleth in ... Zion-- and will therefore protect Jerusalem.

‏ Isaiah 8:18

18. I and the children--Isaiah means "salvation of Jehovah"; His children's names, also (Is 7:3, 14; 8:3), were "signs" suggestive of the coming and final deliverance.

wonders--that is, symbols of the future (Is 20:3; Zec 3:8). "Behold I ... me" is quoted in He 2:13 to prove the manhood of the Messiah. This is the main and ultimate fulfilment of the prophecy; its temporary meaning is applied to Ahaz' time. Isaiah typically, in Is 8:17, 18, personates Messiah, who is at once "Father" and "Son," Isaiah and Immanuel, "Child" and "Mighty God," and is therefore called here a "wonder," as in Is 9:6, "Wonderful." Hence in He 2:13, believers are called His "children"; but in Is 8:11, 12, His "brethren." On "the Lord hath given me," see Joh 6:37, 39; 10:29; 17:12.

which dwelleth in ... Zion--and will therefore protect Jerusalem.

‏ Isaiah 61:9

9. known--honorably; shall be illustrious (Psa 67:2).

people--rather, "peoples."

seed ... blessed--(Is 65:23).

‏ Ezekiel 16:14

14. thy renown ... among ... heathen--The theocracy reached its highest point under Solomon, when distant potentates heard of his "fame" (1Ki 10:1, &c.), for example, the queen of Sheba, Hiram, &c. (La 2:15).

my comeliness--It was not thine own, but imparted by Me.

‏ 2 Thessalonians 1:10

10. "When He shall have come."

glorified in his saints--as the element and mirror IN which His glory shall shine brightly (Joh 17:10).

admired in all them that believe--Greek, "them that believed." Once they believed, now they see: they had taken His word on trust. Now His word is made good and they need faith no longer. With wonder all celestial intelligences (Ep 3:10) shall see and admire the Redeemer on account of the excellencies which He has wrought in them.

because, &c.--Supply for the sense, among whom (namely, those who shall be found to have believed) you, too, shall be; "because our testimony unto (so the Greek for 'among') you was believed" (and was not rejected as by those "who obey not the Gospel," 2Th 1:8). The early preaching of the Gospel was not abstract discussions, but a testimony to facts and truths experimentally known (Lu 24:48; Ac 1:8). Faith is defined by Bishop Pearson as "an assent unto truths, credible upon the testimony of God, delivered unto us by the apostles and prophets" (originally delivering their testimony orally, but now in their writings). "Glorified in His saints" reminds us that holiness is glory in the bud; glory is holiness manifested.