* Therefore.
  Job 35:14,15 
 * I will open.
   This is a pointed allusion to the resurrection; under which
   figure Isaiah (ch. 26:9) also describes the restoration of the
   house of Israel, when he says, "thy dead men shall live;" at
   which time their bones are said to flourish, (ch. 66:14,) or
   to be restored to their former strength and vigour; and, in
   like manner, St. Paul, (Ro 11:15,) expresses their conversion
   by "life from the dead."  In the land of their captivity, they
   seemed as absolutely deprived of their country as persons
   committed to the grave are cut off from the land of the
   living; but when Cyrus issued his proclamation, Jehovah, as it
   were, opened their graves, and when he stirred up their
   spirits to embrace the proffered liberty, he put his Spirit
   within them, that they might live; and their re-establishment
   in their own land evinced the truth of God in the prediction,
   and his power in its accomplishment.

  21  Isa 26:19  66:14  Ho 6:2  13:14  1Th 4:16  Re 20:13 
 * and bring.
  25  28:25  36:24  Ezr 1:1-2:70  Am 9:14,15