Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
The verse calls the peoples of the islands and distant lands at the ends of the earth to give glory to the Lord and declare His praise, joining a worldwide new song with those that go down to the sea, the wilderness and its cities, the villages of Kedar, and the inhabitants of the rock singing from the mountaintops. It is praise to God who created the heavens and the earth and gives breath to men, who let former things come to pass and declares new things before they spring forth, and to His chosen Servant in whom His soul delights, who brings forth judgment to the Gentiles and a light to open blind eyes and free prisoners from darkness without breaking the bruised reed or quenching the smoking flax. Such praise is the fitting response to His saving work and is joined to His mighty going forth to overcome His enemies and bring judgment, while His people are called to make His glory known. Had Israel been faithful in its God-appointed work, souls would have been converted and people from the wilderness, the cities, and the mountains would have proclaimed the Lord's glory. The call foretells the great and solemn work in the latter days of presenting the warning message to the world and giving the reason for this belief, especially through camp meetings, through spending means to present truth, through sanitariums as an educating power in different parts of the world, and through arousing slumbering senses to see departure from the Lord's ordinances. With verses 13-16 it urges carrying the truth into the highways and byways and mountaintops and places by the sea where the needy cannot come to the cities, giving them books freely and supplying more when they are used up, so that when salvation is revealed and souls are converted, their thankful praise leads others to praise God.
Words and Setting
The call is for the peoples of the islands, of distant lands, and of the ends of the earth to give glory to the Lord and declare His praise. They join a worldwide new song with those that go down to the sea, with the wilderness and its cities, with the villages of Kedar, and with the inhabitants of the rock singing and shouting from the tops of the mountains. That praise was to come from the ends of the earth as Israel carried out its God-appointed work, so that had Israel been faithful souls would have been converted and people from the wilderness, the cities, and the mountains would have proclaimed the Lord's glory. It extends from the ends of the earth to distant peoples as the fitting response to the Lord's saving work.
The new song is sung because God created the heavens and the earth and gives breath to men, let former things come to pass, and declares new things before they spring forth. It celebrates His chosen Servant in whom His soul delights, upon whom He puts His Spirit, upheld and elect. That Servant brings forth judgment to the Gentiles and brings forth judgment unto truth till He sets judgment in the earth, without crying or lifting up His voice in the street, without breaking the bruised reed or quenching the smoking flax. Called in righteousness and given for a covenant of the people and a light of the Gentiles, He opens blind eyes and brings prisoners out of darkness, while God will not give His glory to another nor His praise to graven images.
The praise is joined to God's mighty work, for He goes forth to overcome His enemies and bring judgment, while His people are called to make His glory known. The chapter in which the call stands reveals God's purpose for His people and directs them to seek wisdom from Him rather than from finite human beings. It gives instruction about His covenant, salvation, and the education of greatest value.
Fulfillment and Mission
The praise from the ends of the earth was to come as Israel carried out its God-appointed work, and had Israel been faithful souls would have been converted and people from the wilderness and its cities and from the mountains would have proclaimed the Lord's glory. The chapter stands as a declaration from the Lord among promise-filled chapters that give encouragement and assurance, and His word will be fulfilled. Those who fulfill these assurances in the latter days place themselves where He will do what He has promised, and the set time to favor Zion will soon come when He will not leave His people to shame but will accomplish His work through the men and means He has provided, moving just as He has ordained it to move.
The verse foretells the great and solemn work of presenting the warning message to the world and giving people the reason for this belief. That work is done especially through camp meetings where information is given, through spending money to present truth, and through establishing sanitariums in different parts of the world as an educating power to reform people and restore in them the moral image of God. It is done through conversion by knowledge of the Word so men use means and ability to extend truth, and through arousing slumbering senses to see departure from the Lord's ordinances by worldly policy and conformity in transgression of His law. Together with verses 13-16 it encourages carrying the truth into highways and byways and mountain tops and places by the sea where people have no decent clothes to come to the cities, including giving them books freely and supplying more when they are used up.
The call is carried forward by diligently studying Scripture as the true science of redeeming grace to be treasured above gold and silver, rejecting confusing human science and false science. It requires abandoning needless display for earnest, persevering, humble personal labor in Christ's lines. Diligent labor and earnest prayer bring the truths of God's Word to bear on hearts so the sick and needy receive heavenly gifts with healing grace and turn to the Lord in confidence. It means His work shall be presented before the world in distinct, holy, sacred lines so all lands honor Him, advancing by the gentleness of the inspiration of His word and the operation of His Spirit in the soul through covenant with Christ that joins the majesty of an omnipotent King with the gentleness and tenderness of a caretaking shepherd.
It means God desires men to understand His claims upon them and will judge anyone who interposes between his fellow men and God to lead them into paths not cast up for the ransomed or to do a work God has not appointed, since such interference has kept His work in many places from being much farther advanced. It means that when the salvation of God is revealed in the highways, the wilderness, and all places and souls are converted and brought to the knowledge of the truth, those who brought them will give still more praise to God with thankful hearts that cannot hold peace. Their praising God will lead others to praise God.
The verse calls the peoples of the islands and distant lands at the ends of the earth to give glory to the Lord and declare His praise, joining a worldwide new song with those that go down to the sea, the wilderness and its cities, the villages of Kedar, and the inhabitants of the rock singing from the mountaintops. It is praise to God who created the heavens and the earth and gives breath to men, who let former things come to pass and declares new things before they spring forth, and to His chosen Servant in whom His soul delights, who brings forth judgment to the Gentiles and a light to open blind eyes and free prisoners from darkness without breaking the bruised reed or quenching the smoking flax. Such praise is the fitting response to His saving work and is joined to His mighty going forth to overcome His enemies and bring judgment, while His people are called to make His glory known. Had Israel been faithful in its God-appointed work, souls would have been converted and people from the wilderness, the cities, and the mountains would have proclaimed the Lord's glory. The call foretells the great and solemn work in the latter days of presenting the warning message to the world and giving the reason for this belief, especially through camp meetings, through spending means to present truth, through sanitariums as an educating power in different parts of the world, and through arousing slumbering senses to see departure from the Lord's ordinances. With verses 13-16 it urges carrying the truth into the highways and byways and mountaintops and places by the sea where the needy cannot come to the cities, giving them books freely and supplying more when they are used up, so that when salvation is revealed and souls are converted, their thankful praise leads others to praise God.
Words and Setting
The call is for the peoples of the islands, of distant lands, and of the ends of the earth to give glory to the Lord and declare His praise. They join a worldwide new song with those that go down to the sea, with the wilderness and its cities, with the villages of Kedar, and with the inhabitants of the rock singing and shouting from the tops of the mountains. That praise was to come from the ends of the earth as Israel carried out its God-appointed work, so that had Israel been faithful souls would have been converted and people from the wilderness, the cities, and the mountains would have proclaimed the Lord's glory. It extends from the ends of the earth to distant peoples as the fitting response to the Lord's saving work.
The new song is sung because God created the heavens and the earth and gives breath to men, let former things come to pass, and declares new things before they spring forth. It celebrates His chosen Servant in whom His soul delights, upon whom He puts His Spirit, upheld and elect. That Servant brings forth judgment to the Gentiles and brings forth judgment unto truth till He sets judgment in the earth, without crying or lifting up His voice in the street, without breaking the bruised reed or quenching the smoking flax. Called in righteousness and given for a covenant of the people and a light of the Gentiles, He opens blind eyes and brings prisoners out of darkness, while God will not give His glory to another nor His praise to graven images.
The praise is joined to God's mighty work, for He goes forth to overcome His enemies and bring judgment, while His people are called to make His glory known. The chapter in which the call stands reveals God's purpose for His people and directs them to seek wisdom from Him rather than from finite human beings. It gives instruction about His covenant, salvation, and the education of greatest value.
Fulfillment and Mission
The praise from the ends of the earth was to come as Israel carried out its God-appointed work, and had Israel been faithful souls would have been converted and people from the wilderness and its cities and from the mountains would have proclaimed the Lord's glory. The chapter stands as a declaration from the Lord among promise-filled chapters that give encouragement and assurance, and His word will be fulfilled. Those who fulfill these assurances in the latter days place themselves where He will do what He has promised, and the set time to favor Zion will soon come when He will not leave His people to shame but will accomplish His work through the men and means He has provided, moving just as He has ordained it to move.
The verse foretells the great and solemn work of presenting the warning message to the world and giving people the reason for this belief. That work is done especially through camp meetings where information is given, through spending money to present truth, and through establishing sanitariums in different parts of the world as an educating power to reform people and restore in them the moral image of God. It is done through conversion by knowledge of the Word so men use means and ability to extend truth, and through arousing slumbering senses to see departure from the Lord's ordinances by worldly policy and conformity in transgression of His law. Together with verses 13-16 it encourages carrying the truth into highways and byways and mountain tops and places by the sea where people have no decent clothes to come to the cities, including giving them books freely and supplying more when they are used up.
The call is carried forward by diligently studying Scripture as the true science of redeeming grace to be treasured above gold and silver, rejecting confusing human science and false science. It requires abandoning needless display for earnest, persevering, humble personal labor in Christ's lines. Diligent labor and earnest prayer bring the truths of God's Word to bear on hearts so the sick and needy receive heavenly gifts with healing grace and turn to the Lord in confidence. It means His work shall be presented before the world in distinct, holy, sacred lines so all lands honor Him, advancing by the gentleness of the inspiration of His word and the operation of His Spirit in the soul through covenant with Christ that joins the majesty of an omnipotent King with the gentleness and tenderness of a caretaking shepherd.
It means God desires men to understand His claims upon them and will judge anyone who interposes between his fellow men and God to lead them into paths not cast up for the ransomed or to do a work God has not appointed, since such interference has kept His work in many places from being much farther advanced. It means that when the salvation of God is revealed in the highways, the wilderness, and all places and souls are converted and brought to the knowledge of the truth, those who brought them will give still more praise to God with thankful hearts that cannot hold peace. Their praising God will lead others to praise God.