19The 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)The happy and glorious state of the church is here further foretold, referring principally and ultimately to the Christian church and the spiritual peace of that, but under the type of that little gleam of outward peace which the Jews sometimes enjoyed after their return out of captivity. This is here spoken of, I. As compared with what it had been. This made her peace and honour the more pleasant…
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