Isaia 65:18

18 Anzi rallegratevi, e festeggiate in perpetuo, per le cose che io son per creare; perciocchè, ecco, io creerò Gerusalemme per esser tutta gioia, ed il suo popolo per esser tutto letizia.

Isaia 65:18 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 65:18

But be you glad, and rejoice for ever in that which I create,
&c.] This may refer either to persons converted, both at the beginning of the Gospel, and in the latter day, whether Jews or Gentiles; who are the Lord's creation, or new creatures, being made new men; having new hearts and spirits given them, or created within them; new principles of life, light, grace, and holiness, wrought in them, which are the produce of almighty and creating power; and all such instances are matter of joy, as to the angels in heaven, so to the saints on earth, and especially to the ministers of the Gospel; because of the grace bestowed on men, the glory brought to God, and their own ministry blessed and succeeded, and so their hands and hearts strengthened: or else this refers to the state of things under the Gospel dispensation, in every age of it, and especially in some periods of it, particularly the first and last; and the whole indeed is a new world or state of God's creating, and is matter of joy to all the people of God. The Targum renders it,

``rejoice in the world of worlds, which I create:''
agreeably to which is the version of Bishop Chandler F7,
``rejoice for the age to come, that I create;''
the world to come, ( Hebrews 2:5 ) , which Christ is said to be the father of, in the Septuagint version of ( Isaiah 9:6 ) , the Gospel dispensation, the Messiah's future world, as opposed to the legal dispensation. For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy;
that is, do that for them, through the mighty power of his grace, as will justly occasion joy to them, and to all others well affected to them; the conversion of the Jews will be matter of joy to the Gentiles; and that, and the bringing in of the fulness of the Gentiles, as well as the destruction of antichrist, which will occasion a new face of things in the world, will be matter of joy to the whole church; see ( Revelation 18:20 ) ( 19:1-8 ) .
FOOTNOTES:

F7 Defence of Christianity, c. 2. sect. 2.

Isaia 65:18 In-Context

16 Colui che si benedirà nella terra si benedirà nell’Iddio di verità; e colui che giurerà nella terra giurerà per l’Iddio di perità; perciocchè le afflizioni di prima saranno dimenticate, e saranno nascoste dagli occhi miei.
17 Perciocchè, ecco, io creo nuovi cieli, e nuova terra; e le cose di prima non saranno più rammemorate, e non verranno più alla mente.
18 Anzi rallegratevi, e festeggiate in perpetuo, per le cose che io son per creare; perciocchè, ecco, io creerò Gerusalemme per esser tutta gioia, ed il suo popolo per esser tutto letizia.
19 Ed io festeggerò di Gerusalemme, e mi rallegrerò del mio popolo; ed in quella non si udirà più voce di pianto, nè voce di strido.
20 Non vi sarà più da indi innanzi bambino di pochi giorni nè vecchio, che non compia la sua età; perciocchè chi morrà d’età di cent’anni sarà ancora fanciullo, e il malfattore d’età di cent’anni sarà maledetto.
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