Isaiah 60:20 Your sun shall no more go down; neither shall your moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be your everlasting light… The words present us with two different views of truth. I. THEY TELL US OF OUR PRESENT STATE. 1. It is a state of change — vicissitude — perpetual alteration. The sun rises to set; it sets to rise. The moon waxes and wanes. 2. The words point us to our present state of comparative darkness; for the contrast is between the minor light of the sun, the lesser light of the moon, and the glorious light of the Lord. 3. The words present us, too, with a picture of a state of mourning: "The days of thy mourning shall be ended." II. THEY OPEN TO US A GLORIOUS PROSPECT. There are two blessings especially pointed out to us here. 1. Perfect light. 2. Perfect happiness. (J. H. Evans, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. |
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