Psa 23:2, Isa 65:10, Jer 23:4, Eze 34:13-15, 23-28, Mic 4:4, 5:4-5 | TSK | STEP | maketh. green pastures. Heb. pastures of tender grass. leadeth. still waters. Heb. waters of quietness.

my servant.David king of Israel had been dead upwards of 400 years; and from that time till now there never has been a ruler of any kind in the Jewish nation of the name of David. By David, then, we must understand the Messiah, as the Jews themselves acknowledge, so called because descended from him, and also as being the well beloved, [o agapetos,] Son of the Father, as the name imports, and in whom all the promises made to David were fulfilled. See the references.

37:24,25; Isa 11:1; 55:3,4; Jer 30:9; Ho 3:5; Re 22:16

I the Lord will.

30,31; 36:28; 37:23,27; 39:22; Ex 29:45,46; Isa 43:2,3; Jer 31:1,33

Jer 32:38; Zec 13:9; Re 21:3

a prince.

Jos 5:13-15; Ps 2:6; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 23:5,6; 33:15-17; Mic 5:2

Mt 28:18; Lu 1:31-33; Ac 5:31; 1Co 15:25; Eph 1:21,22; Php 2:9-11

Heb 2:9,10; Re 19:13-16

I will make.

37:26; Isa 55:3; Jer 31:31-33; Zec 6:13; Heb 13:20

and will.

Le 26:6; Job 5:22; Isa 11:6-9; 35:9; Ho 2:18-23

and they.

28; Ps 4:8; Jer 23:6; 33:16

make them.

Ge 12:2; Isa 19:24; Zec 8:13,23

my hill.

20:40; Ps 2:6; 68:16; 132:14-16; 133:3; Isa 2:2-4; 56:7; Mic 4:1,2

I will cause.

Le 26:4

showers.

De 28:12; Ps 68:9; Isa 32:15,20; 44:3; Mal 3:10

the tree.

47:12; Le 26:4; Ps 85:12; 92:12-14; Isa 4:2; 35:1,2; 61:3

Joh 15:5-8

know that.

33:29; 39:28

when I.

10; Le 26:13; Isa 9:4; 10:27; 14:2,3; 52:2,3; Jer 2:20; 30:8

served.

Jer 25:14; 27:7

they shall.It is evident that this prophecy could at most have only a typical accomplishment in the return from captivity under Zerubbabel, and in their consequent prosperity; but the restoration of the Jews from their present captivity, and the consequent peace and prosperity of the church and world, fully answer to this energetic language.

8; 36:4,15

neither.

25,29; Jer 30:10; 46:27

Micah 4:4

But.The connection of this prophecy with the close of the preceding chapter shews that the establishment of the Christian Church, in consequence of the abrogation of the Mosaic dispensation, and the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, was intended. But, though it has in a measure been fulfilling ever since these events, yet its grand accomplishment must still be future.

they.

1Ki 4:25; Isa 26:16; Zec 3:10

none.

Isa 54:14; Jer 23:5,6; Eze 34:25,28; 38:11; 39:26

for.

Isa 1:20; 40:5; 58:14