1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. …
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)It is here promised that the gospel temple shall be very lightsome and very large. I. It shall be very lightsome: Thy light has come . When the Jews returned out of captivity they had light and gladness, and joy and honour ; they then were made to know the Lord and to rejoice in his great goodness ; and upon both accounts their light came. When the Redeemer came to Zion he brought light with him,…
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