Isa 66:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. tremble at . . . word —the same persons as in , the believing few among the Jews. cast you out for my name's sake —excommunicate, as if too polluted to worship with them ( ). So in Christ's first sojourn on earth ( ). So it shall be again in the last times, when the believing shall be few ( ). Let the Lord be glorified —the mocking challenge of the persecutors, as if their violence towards you was from zeal for God. "Let the Lord show Himself glorious," namely, by manifesting Himself in your behalf; as the parallelism to, "He shall appear to your joy, " requires (as in ; compare ). So again Christ on the cross ( ). appear to your joy —giving you "joy" instead of your "rebuke" ( ).

Isaiah 66:5

5. tremble at . . . word—the same persons as in Isa 66:2, the believing few among the Jews.

cast you out for my name's sake—excommunicate, as if too polluted to worship with them (Isa 65:5). So in Christ's first sojourn on earth (Mt 10:22; Joh 9:22, 34; 16:2; 15:21). So it shall be again in the last times, when the believing shall be few (Lu 18:8).

Let the Lord be glorified—the mocking challenge of the persecutors, as if their violence towards you was from zeal for God. "Let the Lord show Himself glorious," namely, by manifesting Himself in your behalf; as the parallelism to, "He shall appear to your joy," requires (as in Isa 5:19; compare Isa 28:15; 57:4). So again Christ on the cross (Mt 27:42, 43).

appear to your joy—giving you "joy" instead of your "rebuke" (Isa 25:8, 9).