Isaiah 65:25

“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, &c.] Or, “as one”f1292: as if they were one, of the same kind and nature, and lived upon the same food. The people of God are comparable to lambs, for their harmlessness and innocence; and wicked men to wolves, for their fierceness and cruelty; but, by the grace of God, the latter become as mild and as gentle as the former, and live upon the same spiritual food, and join with them in attendance on the word and ordinances, where they find spiritual refreshment and comfort together; such who have been persecutors of the church shall now become members of it; and many instances of this kind, as there were in the first times of the Gospel, so there…”

“(See on Isa 11:6). and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock--(See on Isa 11:7). and dust--rather, "but dust," &c. The curse shall remain on the serpent [HORSLEY], (Gen 3:14; Mic 7:17). "To lick the dust" is figurative of the utter and perpetual degradation of Satan and his emissaries (Isa 49:23; Psa 72:9). Satan fell self-tempted; therefore no atonement was contrived for him, as there was for man, who fell by his temptation (Jde 1:6; Joh 8:44). From his peculiar connection with the earth and man, it has been conjectured that the exciting cause of his rebellion was God's declaration that human nature was to be raised into union with the Godhead; this was "the truth" concerning the person…”

“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together - (See the notes at Isaiah 11:0.) And the lion shall eat straw - Shall eat hay or provender like the ox. The food of the lion now is flesh. Changes shall take place as great as if his nature were changed, and he should graze with the herds of the field. See a full illustration of this sentiment from the classic writors in the notes at Isaiah 11:6. Like the bullock - Or the ox - the cattle that herd together - for so the Hebrew word (בקר bâqâr) means. The word may be app ied to a bullock, an ox, or a cow. And dust shall be the serpent’s meat - There is evidently here an allusion to the sentence pronounced on the serpent in Genesis 3:14. The meaning…”

“The wolf, &c. - God here promises to take off the fierceness of the spirits of his peoples enemies, so that they shall live quietly and peaceably together. And dust - God promises a time of tranquility to his church under the metaphor of serpents eating the dust, their proper meat, Gen 3:14, instead of flying upon men: it signifies such a time, when wicked men shall no more eat up the people of God. Next: Isaiah Chapter 66”

“65:25 The snakes represent evil (27:1; Gen 3).”

“wolf: Isa 11:6-9, Isa 35:9; Act 9:1, Act 9:19-21; Co1 6:9-11; Tit 3:3-7 dust: Gen 3:14, Gen 3:15; Rom 16:20; Rev 12:7-9, Rev 20:2, Rev 20:3 shall not: Isa 2:4, Isa 11:9; Mic 4:3 my: Isa 65:11; Eze 43:11; Zac 8:3, Zac 14:20, Zac 14:21; Rev 14:1 Next: Isaiah Chapter 66”

“And all around will peace and harmony prevail, even in the animal world itself. "Wolf and lamb then feed together, and the lion eats chopped straw like the ox, and the serpent-dust is its bread. They will neither do harm not destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah." We have frequently observed within chapters 40-66 (last of all at Isa 65:12, cf., Isa 66:4), how the prophet repeats entire passages from the earlier portion of his prophecies almost word for word. Here he repeats Isa 11:6-9 with a compendious abridgment. Isa 65:25 refers to the animals just as it does there. But whilst this custom of self-repetition favours the unity of authorship, כּאחד for יחדּו = unâ, which only…”