Isa 9:6-7, 11:1, Jer 23:5, Eze 34:23, Dan 9:24-26, Mic 5:2, Hag 2:7 | TSK | STEP | For unto. unto us a son. the government. his name. Counsellor. The mighty God. The everlasting Father. The Prince of Peace.

And there shall.The prophet having described the destruction of the Assyrian army under that of a mighty forest, here takes occasion to represent the Great Person, who makes the subject of this chapter, as a slender twig, shooting out of the trunk of an old tree; which tender twig, though weak in appearance, should become fruitful and prosper.

53:2; Zec 6:12; Re 5:5; 22:16

of Jesse.

10; Ru 4:17; 1Sa 17:58; Mt 1:6-16; Lu 2:23-32; Ac 13:22,23

Ro 15:12

a Branch.

4:2; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zec 3:8; 6:12

Jeremiah 23:5

the days.

30:3; 31:27,31-38; 33:14; Heb 8:8

33:15; Ps 72:1,2; Isa 32:1,2; 40:10,11; Da 9:24; Am 9:11; Zec 9:9

Re 19:11

Branch.

Ps 80:15; Isa 4:2; 11:1-5; 40:9,11; 53:2; Eze 17:2-10,22-24; 34:29

Zec 3:8; 6:12,13; Joh 1:45

reign.

22:30; Ps 45:4; Isa 9:7; 52:13; *marg:

Isa 53:10; Lu 1:32,33

and shall.

22:3,15; Ps 72:2

Ezekiel 34:23

I will.

Ec 12:11; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:4-6; Mic 5:2-5; Zec 13:7; Joh 10:11

Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25; 5:4

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

Daniel 9:24-26

Seventy weeks.That is, seventy weeks of years, or 490 years, which reckoned from the seventh year of Artaxerxes, coinciding with the 4,256th year of the Julian period, and in the month {Nisan,} in which Ezra was commissioned to restore the Jewish state and polity, (Ezr 7:9-26) will bring us to the month of Nisan of the 4,746th year of the same period, or A.D. 33, the very month and year in which our Lord suffered, and completed the work of our salvation.

Le 25:8; Nu 14:34; Eze 4:6

finish. or, restrain.

Mt 1:21; 1Jo 3:8

and to.

La 4:22; Col 2:14; Heb 9:26; 10:14

make an end of. or, seal up.

Eze 28:12

to make.

Le 8:15; 2Ch 29:24; Isa 53:10; Ro 5:10; 2Co 5:18-20; Col 1:20

Heb 2:17

to bring.

Isa 51:6,8; 53:11; 56:1; Jer 23:5,6; Ro 3:21,22; 1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:21

Php 3:9; Heb 9:12-14; 2Pe 1:1; Re 14:6

seal up.

Mt 11:13; Lu 24:25-27,44,45; Joh 19:28-30

prophecy. Heb. prophet.

Ac 3:22

and to anoint.

Ps 2:6; 45:7; Isa 61:1; Lu 4:18-21; Joh 1:41; 3:34; Heb 1:8,9; 9:11

the most.

Mr 1:24; Lu 1:35; Ac 3:14; Heb 7:26; Re 3:7

and understand.

23; Mt 13:23; 24:15; Mr 13:14; Ac 8:30

from.

Ezr 4:24; 6:1-15; 7:1,8,11-26; Ne 2:1-8; 3:1

restore and to build Jerusalem. or, build again Jerusalem:as.

2Sa 15:25; Ps 71:10

the Messiah.

Joh 1:41; 4:25

the Prince.

8:11,25; Isa 9:6; 55:4; Mic 5:2; Ac 3:15; 5:31; Re 1:5; 19:16

seven weeks.The seventy weeks are here divided into three periods. 1. Seven weeks, or 49 years, for the restoration of Jerusalem. 2. Sixty-two weeks, or 434 years, from that time to the announcement of the Messiah by John the Baptist. 3. One week, or seven years, for the ministry of John and of CHRIST himself to the crucifixion.

be built again. Heb. return and be builded. wall. or,breach, or, ditch. even.

Ne 4:8,16-18; Eph 5:16

troublous times. Heb. strait of times.

Ne 6:15

Messiah.

Ps 22:15; Isa 53:8; Mr 9:12; Lu 24:26,46; Joh 11:51,52; 12:32-34

2Co 5:21; Ga 3:13; 1Pe 2:21,24; 3:18

but not. or, and shall have nothing.

Joh 14:30

and the people, etc. or, and (the Jews) shall be no more hispeople.

11:17; Ho 1:9

or, and the Prince's (Messiah's, ver. 25,) future people.The Romans, who under Titus, after the expiration of the 70 weeks, destroyed the temple and the city, and dispersed the Jews.

the prince.

Mt 22:2,7; 23:38; 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 19:43,44; 21:6,24; Ac 6:13,14

and the end.

Mt 24:6-14; Mr 13:7

with.

11:10; Isa 8:7; Jer 46:7; Am 8:8; 9:5; Na 1:8

desolations are determined. or, it shall be cut off bydesolations