Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers… This is the one word which the Divine wisdom often seems to utter in rebuke of human impatience. Man is eager, hurried, impatient, but God is never in haste. The Divine proceedings are slow — everywhere slow. I. We see it in the realms of NATURE AND PROVIDENCE. 1. The history of the earth. 2. The movement of the seasons. The changes of day and night, &c., how slow, how gradual, how imperceptible! 3. The history of all life and growth. II. REVEALED RELIGION includes much in harmony with these facts. 1. The long interval between the promise of a Saviour and His advent. 2. The manner of His coming (Luke 17:20). 3. The history of revealed religion since the advent. 4. The spiritual history of the individual believer. 5. The events which make up the story of a life. With regard to much in our history, we are expected to wait for the revelations of the world to come. (R. Vaughan, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. |
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