Isaiah has prophetic insight of this joyful time, when finally, the saints shall reign with their Lord in the bliss of the Messianic Kingdom, which Isaiah foresees compared to the misery of the present, and his own participation in it. A time of suffering, of wasting, and pining away must be endured until then. He has not been given the length of time before the start of the Messianic Kingdom, but he has hope and confidence in its eventual arrival. This is the period of his “leanness”. This sudden change from song to groan, within one verse, is similar to the effect of that little “opened book” that the apostle John took from the hand of the mighty “cloud-clothed angel” in Revelation chapter ten. When he obeyed the angel’s command, and ate it, it was in his mouth as sweet as honey, but as soon as he had eaten it his belly was bitter. That “little book” is an image of Israel’s final recovery and perfect blessedness. It is initially very sweet, but after the book is swallowed it becomes very bitter. It relates of that time of unparalleled tribulation that must come first; and that bitterness is realized by Isaiah in these groans he makes as he receives this prophecy. The end is sweet (national salvation and the Messianic Kingdom) but the path to it is very bitter.
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