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 Is 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 (Is 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 Is 5:19; compare Is 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" (Is 25:8, 9).