_A.M. 3292. B.C. 712._
The prophet, reflecting on the contents of those great and glorious
prophecies which he had delivered, concerning the destruction of God's
enemies, and the deliverance of his people, and especially concerning
the sending of the Messiah, and the establishment and enlargement o... [ Continue Reading ]
_O Lord_ O Jehovah, _thou art my God_ In covenant with me: my friend,
my father, my portion. The prophet speaks in the name of the whole
church, and of every true member of it. _I will exalt thee, I will
praise thy name_ Expressions these flowing from a deep and grateful
sense of the divine goodness... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast made of a city a heap_ Nineveh, Babylon, Ar of Moab, or any
other strong city, or fortress, possessed by the enemies of the people
of God. Vitringa has made it appear probable that Babylon is chiefly
meant, “which was emphatically called _the city;_ which was
remarkably _fortified_, and w... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore shall the strong people fear thee_ Thy stoutest enemies,
observing thy wonderful works, shall be converted, or at least,
convinced, and forced to tremble before thee. _For thou hast been a
strength to the poor_ Hast defended thy poor and helpless people
against the fiercest assaults of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shall bring down the wise of strangers_ The tumultuous noise, as
the word properly signifies; the rage and furious attempts of those
heathen nations that fought against God's people. _As the heat in a
dry place_ With as much ease as thou dost allay the heat of a dry
place, by the shadow of thy... [ Continue Reading ]
_And in this mountain_ In mount Zion, namely, God's church, very
frequently meant by the names of _Zion_ and _Jerusalem_, both in the
Old and New Testaments; _shall the Lord make unto all people_ Both
Jews and Gentiles, who shall then be admitted to a participation of
the same privileges and ordinan... [ Continue Reading ]
_He_ The Lord, expressed both in the foregoing and following words,
even the Messiah, who is both God and man; _will swallow up death _
Shall, by his death, destroy the power of death, (Hebrews 2:14,) take
away the sting of the first death, and prevent the second death, and
give eternal life to all... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it shall be said in that day_ By God's people, in the way of
triumph and reply to their enemies; _Lo, this is our God_ Your gods
are senseless and impotent idols; but our God is omnipotent, and hath
done these great and glorious works which fill the world with
admiration. We may well boast of h... [ Continue Reading ]
_For in this mountain_ In the gospel church; (he alludes to mount
Zion, which was a type of it;) _shall the hand of the Lord rest_ His
powerful and gracious presence (which is often signified in Scripture
by God's hand) shall have its constant and settled abode: it shall not
move from place to place... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he_ Either, 1st, Moab, who, being plunged into a sea of troubles,
shall endeavour to swim out of it, but to no purpose; or, 2d, The
Lord, (who is designed by this pronoun _he_, both in the latter clause
of this verse, and in the following verse,) whose power they shall be
no more able to resist... [ Continue Reading ]