Isaiah 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them… I. WHO ARE BROUGHT. "Thy sons," i.e. such as are designed to be so, those "children of God that are scuttled abroad" (John 11:52). II. WHAT THEY SHALL BRING WITH THEM. They live at such a distance that they cannot bring their flocks and their rams; but, like those who live remote from Jerusalem, when they come up to worship at the feast, they shall bring "their silver and their gold with them." When we give up ourselves to God we must, with ourselves, give up all we have to Him. If we honour Him with our spirits, we will honour Him with our substance. III. TO WHOM THEY SHALL DEVOTE AND DEDICATE THEMSELVES AND ALL THEY ARE WORTH. To "the name of the Lord thy God;" to God as the Lord of all, and the Church's God and King, even to the Holy One of Israel, whom Israel worships as a holy One, in the beauty of holiness, "because He hath glorified thee." The honour God puts upon His Church and people should not only engage us to honour them, but invite us to join ourselves to them. "We will go with you, for God is with you" (Zechariah 8:23). ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. |
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