Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 60:1

1 A Rise , shine , for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

A word of encouragement accommodated to the Jewish, or Hebrew st[illegible: 1+ letters]le, wherein▪ as by lying down is described a servile and calamitous condition, chap. 47. 1. So by rising, and standing up, a recovery out of it into a free, and prosperous one, as may be seen frequently; Ro[illegible: 1+ letters]ze up, intimating her deliverance to be at hand, and here under a type, or hieroglyphical description of Ierusalems re stauration▪ is displayed the flourishing state of the Gentile Church under the Messiah, and that in the greatness, for quality, and also the number of her Proselites, in the description whereof the Evangelical Prophet, whatever he doth in other parts of his Prophecy, doth here most briskly sparkle forth in divine Eloquence.

Discover thy self as one breaking forth from a dark night, or look out, as men do at Sea, who use to look out sharp, to [illegible: 1+ letters]ee what they can discover after a dark, and stormy season; or be enlightned with more knowledge; or, be thou filled with joy, a metaphorical metonymy of the efficient, as thou art about to change thy condition, change thy countenance, be cheerful in that light, or salvation that is approaching.

Either, 1. Thy flourishing, and prosperous estate, an allusion to peoples rising, when after a dark night the light breaks forth, they begin to rise; Or▪ 2. The Causer of thy light, the effect for the efficient, viz. Thy God, or Christ, because the fountain of all happiness, as the Sun and Moon are called Lights, because they give light, Gen. 1. 16. Thus Christ is called the true Light, Ioh. 1. 9. and compare Iohn 8. 12. with Eph. 5. 14. and you'l find these words quoted to that purpose.

i. e. The greatest glory, as the Cedars of God, the mountains of God, &c. comp. Rev. 21. 11. or, the glorious Lord, or the Lord of glory, or Christ, who is the glory of the Father is come unto thee, he is at hand to make himself glorious in some wonderful work for thy salvation: either, in his Doctrine, or Miracles, or work of Redemption, that his glory may rest upon thee suitable to the Psalmists prayer, Psal. 85. 6, 7, 9.

Like as when the Sun spreads it self into every place, leaving none dark, thus it refers to the glorious Gospel, called such a glorious Light, 2 Cor. 4. 4.

Marginal references: Or, be enlightned▪ for thy light cometh.; Mal. 4. 2.