Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
The first part of Isaiah contains prophecies and historical accounts from the period of the prophet's public ministry, written on different occasions and later collected together, and this verse belongs to that collection. Within it the verse belongs to a prophecy concerning Israel, with Israel serving as a type of conditions in the Christian age. The chapter to which it belongs describes the Lord's coming to judgment and defense of Jerusalem in connection with millennial times, so it is not to be read as a literal description of the final Advent.
The verse belongs among Isaiah's prophecies that look toward the last days and God's judgments, showing that those who seek or promise peace will weep when judgment comes and peace fails. In a time of war even those sent to make peace weep bitterly, mourning amid the violence and deaths of the conflict. Peace envoys will weep bitterly when their hopes for peace fail and their peace message proves false as great trouble and war come upon the nations. This applies to the perilous time just before the Lord's coming, when claims of peace and safety coincide with preparations for war.
The verse describes false ambassadors who proclaim peace while disregarding God's law and lulling people into delay when destruction is near. When mercy closes and God's wrath comes, these messengers will weep bitterly. The ambassadors of false peace will weep bitterly when the nations have exalted apostasy and rejected God's message. Their grief comes as destruction begins and the last plagues of wrath fall, after humanity's probation closes.
The first part of Isaiah contains prophecies and historical accounts from the period of the prophet's public ministry, written on different occasions and later collected together, and this verse belongs to that collection. Within it the verse belongs to a prophecy concerning Israel, with Israel serving as a type of conditions in the Christian age. The chapter to which it belongs describes the Lord's coming to judgment and defense of Jerusalem in connection with millennial times, so it is not to be read as a literal description of the final Advent.
The verse belongs among Isaiah's prophecies that look toward the last days and God's judgments, showing that those who seek or promise peace will weep when judgment comes and peace fails. In a time of war even those sent to make peace weep bitterly, mourning amid the violence and deaths of the conflict. Peace envoys will weep bitterly when their hopes for peace fail and their peace message proves false as great trouble and war come upon the nations. This applies to the perilous time just before the Lord's coming, when claims of peace and safety coincide with preparations for war.
The verse describes false ambassadors who proclaim peace while disregarding God's law and lulling people into delay when destruction is near. When mercy closes and God's wrath comes, these messengers will weep bitterly. The ambassadors of false peace will weep bitterly when the nations have exalted apostasy and rejected God's message. Their grief comes as destruction begins and the last plagues of wrath fall, after humanity's probation closes.