Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou
hast
increased the nation
The righteous nation, ( Isaiah 26:2 ) the
church of God, by the numerous conversions of Jews and Gentiles;
when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, and the
fulness and forces of the Gentiles are brought in; when the
kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord, and
of his Christ: this increase is repeated, to denote the certainty
of it, and because a matter of great moment and importance:
thou art glorified;
as by the destruction of the antichristian powers, so by the
enlargement of the church and kingdom of Christ; for now will the
voices be heard in heaven, giving praise and glory to God: even
those that are frightened with his judgments, as well as those
that are affected with his goodness, will give glory to the God
of heaven, ( Revelation
11:13 Revelation
11:17 ) (
19:1-6 ) : thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the
ends of the earth:
not the Jewish people now scattered throughout the world, but the
righteous nation increased and enlarged, which now will be spread
to the ends of the world; for Christ's kingdom will be from sea
to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth, ( Psalms 72:8 ) it may be
rendered, "thou hast removed afar off all the ends of the earth":
so De Dieu, who interprets it of the great men of the earth, the
excellent in it, the cornerstones of it; but perhaps it may be
better to understand hereby every island and mountain fleeing
away at the destruction of antichrist, and the enlargement of
Christ's kingdom, ( Revelation
16:20 ) .
Isaiah 26:15
