He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

Ver. 14. He maketh peace in thy borders] Peace, peace, Isaiah 26:3, peace of country and of conscience.

And filleth thee with the finest of the wheat] Heb. with the fat of wheat, called fat of kidneys of wheat, Deuteronomy 32:14. See Psalms 81:16. Judaea was once called and counted Sumen totius terrae, breeding sow of the whole earth, not so much for the nature of the country, as for the blessing of God thereupon; for now it is nothing so fruitful. But the saints have still the bread of angels, a feast "of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined," Isaiah 25:6 .

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