Isaiah 6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them… This imports — 1. That the wicked of a land are but a heap of lumber in God's reckoning, whatever be their station, quality, or estate. 2. That the saints, the truly godly, in a land are excellent and valuable persons (Psalm 16:3; Proverbs 12:26; Revelation 3:4; Hebrews 11:38). 3. That the saints of are His inheritance and portion in a land. He has a peculiar right and property in them beyond the rest of mankind; they are so much His that they are not their own, and therefore have not power to dispose of themselves, but for His glory. 4. That as they are His portion and property, so He has a great deal of pleasure in them, even as a man takes delight and pleasure in that which is his substance. 5. That there is something in and about the godly that is not to be found among other men. The wicked, when laid in God's balance, are found wanting solidity; but the holy seed are the substance, they bear weight. 6. That the remnant of truly godly in a land are the riches thereof, for a man's riches is his substance. 7. That the truly godly are the stay and support of the land where they live. (E. Erskine.) Parallel Verses KJV: But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. |
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