15. curse--The name of "Jew" has been for long a formula of execration
(compare
Jer 29:22);
if one wishes to curse another, he can utter nothing worse than this,
"God make thee what the Jew is!" Contrast the formula
(Ge 48:20)
[MAURER].
my chosen--the elect Church, gathered from Jews and Gentiles, called
by "another name," Christians
(Ac 11:26).
However (see on
Isa 65:13),
as "My chosen," or "elect," in
Isa 65:9,
refers to the "seed of Jacob," the believing Jews, hereafter
about to possess their land
(Isa 65:19, 22),
are ultimately meant by "My chosen," as contrasted with the
unbelieving Jews ("ye"). These elect Jews shall be called by "another,"
or a new name, that is, shall no longer be "forsaken" of God for
unbelief, but shall be His "delight" and "married" to Him
(Isa 62:2, 4).
thee--unbelieving Israel. Isaiah here speaks of God, whereas in
the preceding sentences God Himself spake. This change of persons
marks without design how completely the prophet realized God with him
and in him, so that he passes, without formally announcing it, from
God's words to his own, and vice versa, both alike being from God.
JFB.
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