_And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach._ Ver. 1. _And in that day,_] _sc., _ That day of desolation. Isa 3:26 _ Seven women,_] _i.e., _ Many women. See the li... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth [shall be] excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. Ver. 2. _In that day the branch of the Lord._] Here the prophet draweth to a close of this excellent sermon, and he concludeth it as he... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: Ver. 3. _He that is left in Zion._] See Isaiah 4:2 . _ Shall be called holy._] Heb., Holy shall be said to him or o... [ Continue Reading ]
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. Ver. 4. _When the Lord shall have washed away the filth._] The ordure or excrement: _a_ sin is the ex... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory [shall be] a defence. Ver. 5. _And the Lord will create._] For the safeguard and security of his peculiar people th... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. Ver. 6. _And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow._] Or, He shall be. Christ is a shelter and a shadow to his, whenas all worldly comforts are but as... [ Continue Reading ]