Isaiah 62:9

7 And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem ^aa praise in the earth.

8 The Lord has sworn by His right hand
And by the arm of His strength:
“Surely I will no longer ^agive your grain
As food for your enemies;
And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine,
For which you have labored.

9 But those who have gathered it shall eat it,
And praise the Lord;
Those who have brought it together shall drink it ^ain My holy courts.”

10 Go through,
Go through the gates!
^aPrepare the way for the people;
Build up,
Build up the highway!
Take out the stones,
^bLift up a banner for the peoples!

11 Indeed the Lord has proclaimed
To the end of the world:
^a“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Surely your salvation is coming;
Behold, His ^breward is with Him,
And His¹ work before Him.’ ”

12 And they shall call them The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord;
And you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord - This and the following line have reference to the law of Moses: "Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil; but thou must eat them before the Lord thy God, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose," Deuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 12:18. "And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years it shall be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten of. But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal. And in the fifth year ye shall eat the fruit thereof," Leviticus 19:23-25. This clearly explains the force of the expressions, "shall praise Jehovah," and "shall drink it in my sacred courts."

Five MSS., one ancient, have yocheluhu , they shall eat it, fully expressed: and so likewise yishtuhu , they shall drink it, is found in nineteen MSS., three of them ancient. - L.

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