And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed.
&c.] Christ himself, who is the brightness of his Father's
glory, and his own glory, as the glory of the of the only
begotten of the Father; the glorious perfections of his nature,
seen in the miracles wrought, and in the doctrines taught by him;
the glory of the divine Father, in the face or person of Christ;
and the glory of his attributes, in the work of salvation by him;
all which is most clearly discerned in the glass of the Gospel,
or in the ministry of the word, by John, Christ himself, and his
apostles: and all flesh shall see it together;
not the Jews only, but Gentiles also; not with their bodily eyes,
but with the eyes of their understanding; even the salvation of
the Lord, and his glory, as displayed in it, being set forth in
the everlasting Gospel to the view of all; see ( Luke 3:7 ) , for the
mouth of the Lord hath spoken it:
that his glory should be revealed, and be visible to all, and
therefore sure and certain; for what he has said he does, and
what he has spoken he makes good. The Targum is,
``for by the word of the Lord it is so decreed;''and therefore shall be fulfilled.
