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Isaiah 29:19

Isaiah 29:19
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord,.... The "meek", lowly, and humble, are such who are made sensible of sin, and become humble under a sense of it; who see the insufficiency of their…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The meek - The word ‘meek’ usually refers to those who are patient in the reception of injuries, but the Hebrew word used here (ענוים ‛ănâviym) means properly the oppressed, the afflicted, the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 29:17-24

Those that thought to hide their counsels from the Lord were said to turn things upside down (Isa 29:16), and they intended to do it unknown to God; but God here tells them that he will turn things…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The meekand poor(as in the Psalms) are the oppressed and down-trodden lower orders, as contrasted with the irreligious upper class (Isa 29:29 f.). They have now no hope but in Jehovah; then they shall…