Isaiah 66:13
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you,.... Though ordinances are means, and ministers are instruments of comfort, God is the sole efficient cause of it; and very wonderful it is…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
As one whom his mother comforteth - See the notes at Isa 49:15, where the same image occurs.
The prophet, having denounced God's judgments against a hypocritical nation, that made a jest of God's word and would not answer him when he called to them, here turns his speech to those that…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
A still finer image, "the grown man coming back with wounds and weariness upon him to be comforted of his mother" (G. A. Smith).
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