Isa 49:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. my mouth ... sword-- ( ; ). The double office of the Word of God, saving and damnatory, is implied ( ; ; ). shaft-- ( ). "Polished," that is, free from all rust, implies His unsullied purity. in ... quiver ... hid me-- Like a sword in its scabbard, or a shaft in the quiver, Messiah, before His appearing, was hid with God, ready to be drawn forth at the moment God saw fit [Hengstenberg]; also always protected by God, as the arrow by the quiver ( ).

‏ Isaiah 49:2

2. my mouth ... sword--(Is 11:4; Re 19:15). The double office of the Word of God, saving and damnatory, is implied (Is 50:4; Joh 12:48; He 4:12).

shaft--(Psa 45:5). "Polished," that is, free from all rust, implies His unsullied purity.

in ... quiver ... hid me--Like a sword in its scabbard, or a shaft in the quiver, Messiah, before His appearing, was hid with God, ready to be drawn forth at the moment God saw fit [Hengstenberg]; also always protected by God, as the arrow by the quiver (Is 51:16).