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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Gill's Exposition
Surely the isles shall wait for me;.... The Targum is,
"for my Word.''
The Messiah, and his coming. The isles of Great Britain may more especially be intended, who, as they waited for his Gospel,…
Barnes' Notes
Surely the isles - On the meaning of the word ‘isles’ in Isaiah, see the notes at Isa 41:1. Shall wait for me - (See the notes at Isa 41:4). And the ships of Tarshish - (See the notes at Isa 2:16).…
Adam Clarke
The ships of Tarshish first "The ships of Tarshish among the first" - For בראשנה barishonah twenty-five MSS. and the Syriac read כבראשנה kebarishonah, "as at the first." The ships of Tarshish AS at…
The promises made to the church in the foregoing verses are here repeated, ratified, and enlarged upon, designed still for the comfort and encouragement of the Jews after their return out of…
Cambridge Bible
Surely the isles shall wait for me ch. Isa 42:4; Isa 51:5. Duhm proposes to read "For to me shall the seafarers be gathered" (substituting ציים [see on ch. Isa 23:13] for איים, and slightly changing…
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