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Duma... That is, Idumea, or Edom.
Cedar... Arabia.
The prophet laments the devastation of Juda. He foretells the deprivation of Sobna, and the substitution of Eliacim, a figure of Christ.
The valley of vision... Jerusalem. The temple of Jerusalem was built upon mount Moria, or the mountain of vision. But the city is here called the valley of vision; either because it was lower than the temple, or because of the low condition to which it was to be reduced.
The destruction of Tyre. It shall be repaired again after seventy years.
Sanctified to the Lord... This alludes to the conversion of the Gentiles.
The judgments of God upon all the sinners of the world. A remnant shall joyfully praise him.
The host of heaven on high... The stars, which in many places of the Scripture are so called. Some commentators explain that these words here signify the demons of the air.
A canticle of thanksgiving for God's judgments and benefits.
Moab... That is, the reprobate, whose eternal punishment, from which they can no way escape, is described under these figures.
A canticle of thanks for the deliverance of God's people.
Shall cover her slain no more... This is said with relation to the martyrs, and their happy resurrection.
The punishment of the oppressors of God's people. The Lord's favour to his church.
Leviathan... That is, the devil, the great enemy of the people of God. He is called the bar serpent from his strength, and the crooked serpent from his wiles; and the whale of the sea, from the tyranny he exercises in the sea of this world. He was spiritually slain by the death of Christ, when his power was destroyed.
The vineyard, etc... The church of Christ.
I will suddenly give it drink... Or, as the Hebrew may also be rendered, I will continually water it.
No indignation in me, etc... Viz., against the church: nor shall I become as a thorn or brier in its regard; or march against it, or set it on fire: but it shall always take fast hold of me, and keep an everlasting peace with me.
When they shall rush in, etc... Some understand this of the enemies of the true Israel, that shall invade it in vain. Others of the spiritual invasion made by the apostles of Christ.
Hath he struck him, etc... Hath God punished the carnal persecuting Jews, in proportion to their doings against Christ and his saints?
When it shall be cast off, etc... When the synagogue shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it in measure, and in proportion to its crimes.-Ibid. He hath meditated, etc... God hath designed severe punishments in the day of his wrath.
Of the house of Jacob... Viz., of such of them as shall be converted.
The strong city... Jerusalem.
A great trumpet... The preaching of the gospel for the conversion of the Jews.
The punishment of the Israelites, for their pride, intemperance, and contempt of religion. Christ the cornerstone.
Ephraim... That is, the kingdom of the ten tribes.-Ibid. The head of the fat valley... Samaria, situate on a hill, having under it a most fertile valley.
These also... The kingdom of Juda.
Command, command again, etc... This is said in the person of the Jews, resisting the repeated commands of God, and still putting him off.
A stone in the foundations... Viz., Christ.-Ibid. Let him not hasten, etc... Let him expect his coming with patience.
The bed is straitened, etc... It is too narrow to hold two: God will have the bed of our heart all to himself.
As in the mountain, etc... As the Lord fought against the Philistines in Baal Pharasim, 2 Kings 5., and against the Chanaanites, in the valley of Gabaon, Jos. 10.
This also, etc... Such also is the proceeding of the Lord with his land, and the divers seeds he throws therein.
God's heavy judgments upon Jerusalem, for their obstinacy: with a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles.
Ariel... This word signifies, the lion of God, and here is taken for the strong city of Jerusalem.
Charmel... This word signifies a fruitful field.
The people are blamed for their confidence in Egypt. God's mercies towards his church. The punishment of sinners.
Topheth... It is the same as Gehenna, and is taken for hell.
The folly of trusting to Egypt, and forgetting God. He will fight for his people against the Assyrians.
The blessings of the reign of Christ. The desolation of the Jews, and prosperity of the church of Christ.
God's revenge against the enemies of his church. The happiness of the heavenly Jerusalem.
That spoilest, etc... This is particularly directed to Sennacherib.
The angels of peace... The messengers or deputies sent to negotiate a peace.
Of rivers... He speaks of the rivers of endless joys that flow from the throne of God to water the heavenly Jerusalem, where no enemy's ship can come, etc.
Thy tacklings... He speaks of the enemies of the church, under the allegory of a ship that is disabled.
The general judgment of the wicked.
And all the host of the heavens... That is, the sun, moon, and stars.
Idumea... Under the name of Idumea, or Edom a people that were enemies of the Jews, are here understood the wicked in general, the enemies of God and his church.
The unicorns... That is, the great and mighty.
The year of recompenses, etc... When the persecutors of Sion, that is, of the church, shall receive their reward.
The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom: in his church shall be a holy and secure way.
Sennacherib invades Juda: his blasphemies.
Ezechias, his mourning and prayer. God's promise of protection. The Assyrian army is destroyed. Sennacherib is slain.
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