_A.M. 3244. B.C. 760._ In the extremity of evils, Christ's glorious kingdom should appear to those who are left alive, Isaiah 4:1; Isaiah 4:2. They shall be holy, Isaiah 4:3. Purged, Isaiah 4:4. A glory and a defence upon them, Isaiah 4:5. A sanctuary from evils, Isaiah 4:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
_In that day_ Of which he has hitherto been speaking, chap. 2. and 3., and still continues to speak; in that calamitous time; _seven women shall take hold on one man_ “The war and captivity shall make such a prodigious scarcity in the male sex, that seven women shall be glad to apply to a single man... [ Continue Reading ]
_In that day_ About and after that time, _when the Lord shall have washed away_ (as this time is particularly expressed, Isaiah 4:4,) _the filth of Zion_, by those dreadful judgments now described. The third part of this discourse, the reader will observe, begins here, in which is set forth the flou... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he that is left in Zion_ Those that escape the common destruction brought on their countrymen; see Isaiah 4:2; _shall be called holy _ Shall be really such. The Jews that survived the Babylonish captivity, and returned into their own land, were greatly reformed, especially in one point, they re... [ Continue Reading ]
_When the Lord shall have washed away the filth_, &c. This shall be accomplished when God shall have thoroughly cleansed the Jewish nation from their sins; and _shall have purged_ away _the blood of Jerusalem_ The sins of cruelty and oppression, (Isaiah 5:7,) or of bloodshed and murder, particularly... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the Lord will create_ Will, in a marvellous manner, produce, as it were, by a new work of creation; _upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion_ Upon all the private habitations of his people; _and upon her assemblies_ Upon the places of their public worship, and the persons assembled therein; _a... [ Continue Reading ]
_And there shall be_, &c. Or, _He_, that is, the Lord, _shall be, a tabernacle_, or _a tent, for a shadow from the heat_, &c. He alludes to the circumstance of tents being necessary, in those eastern countries, to defend people from the intolerable heat of the sun, and the violent tempests which fre... [ Continue Reading ]