1 The blessings of Christ's kingdom
9 Desolation is foreshewn
14 Restoration is promised to succeed

king Isa 9:6,7 40:1-5 2Sa 23:3 2Ch 31:20,21 Ps 45:1,6,7 72:1,2 99:4 Jer 23:5,6 33:15 Ho 3:5 Zec 9:9 Ro 5:21 Heb 1:8,9 Re 19:11

princes Isa 28:6 Re 17:14

2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

a man Isa 7:14 8:10-14 9:6 Ps 146:3-5 Mic 5:4,5 Zec 13:7 1Ti 3:16

an hiding Isa 32:18,19 4:5,6 25:4 26:20,21 28:17 44:3 Ps 32:7 143:9 Mt 7:24-27

rivers Isa 35:6,7 41:18 43:20 Joh 7:37 Re 22:1

great. Heb. heavy
rock Ps 31:2,3 63:1

3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

Isa 29:18,24 30:26 35:5,6 54:13 60:1,2 Jer 31:34 Mt 13:11 Mr 7:37 8:22-25 Ac 26:18 2Co 4:6 1Jo 2:20,21

4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

heart Isa 29:24 Ne 8:8-12 Mt 11:25 16:17 Ac 6:7 26:9-11 Ga 1:23

rash. Heb. hasty
the tongue Ex 4:11 So 7:9 Lu 21:14,15 Ac 2:4-12 4:13

plainly. or, elegantly

5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

vile Isa 5:20 Ps 15:4 Mal 3:18

nor 1Sa 25:3-8 Pr 23:6-8

6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

the vile 1Sa 24:13 25:10,11 Jer 13:23 Mt 12:34-36 15:19 Jas 3:5,6

and his heart Ps 58:1,2 Ho 7:6,7 Mic 2:1,2 Ac 5:3,4 8:21,22 Jas 1:14,15

empty Job 22:5-9 24:2-16 Pr 11:24-26 Am 2:6,7 8:6 Mic 3:1-3 Mt 23:14 Jas 1:27

7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

instruments Isa 1:23 5:23 Jer 5:26-28 Mic 2:11 7:3 Mt 26:14-16,59,60

deviseth Ps 10:7-10 64:4-6 82:2-5 Jer 18:18 Mic 7:2 Mt 26:4

lying Isa 59:3,4 1Ki 21:10-14 Ac 6:11-13

the needy speaketh right. or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment

8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

the liberal 2Sa 9:1 Job 31:16-21 Ps 112:9 Pr 11:24 Lu 6:33-35 Ac 9:39 11:29,30 2Co 8:2 9:6-11

stand. or, be established

9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

ye women Isa 3:16 47:7,8 De 28:56 Jer 6:2-6 48:11,12 La 4:5 Am 6:1-6

give ear Isa 28:23 Jud 9:7 Ps 49:1,2 Mt 13:9

10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

many days and years. Heb. days above a year Isa 3:17-26 24:7-12 Jer 25:10,11 Ho 3:4

for Isa 7:23 16:10 Jer 8:13 Ho 2:12 Joe 1:7,12 Hab 3:17 Zep 1:13

11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

be troubled Isa 2:19,21 22:4,5 33:14 Lu 23:27-30 Jas 5:5

strip Isa 20:4 47:1-3 De 28:48 Ho 2:3 Mic 1:8-11

and gird Isa 3:24 15:3 Jer 4:8 6:26 49:3

12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

lament La 2:11 4:3,4

pleasant fields. Heb. fields of desire De 8:7,8 11:11,12 Eze 20:6,15

13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

come Isa 6:11 7:23 34:13 Ps 107:34 Ho 9:6 10:8

yea, upon. or, burning upon, etc. Jer 39:8 Re 18:7,8

in the Isa 22:2,12,13

14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

the palaces Isa 5:9 24:1-3,10,12 25:2 27:10 2Ki 25:9 Lu 21:20,24

forts and towers. or, clifts and watch-towers
for Isa 13:19-22 34:11-17 Re 18:2,3

15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

the spirit Isa 11:2,3 44:3 45:8 59:19-21 63:11 Ps 104:30 107:33 Pr 1:23 Eze 39:29 Joe 2:28,29 Zec 12:10 Lu 24:49 Joh 7:39 Ac 2:17,18,33 2Co 3:8 Tit 3:5,6

wilderness Isa 29:17 35:2,7 54:1-3 55:11-13 60:1 61:3-5 Ho 1:10,11 Ro 11:18-26

16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

Isa 35:8 42:4 56:6-8 60:21 Ps 94:14,15 Ho 3:5 1Co 6:9-11 Tit 2:11,12 1Pe 2:9-12 4:1-4

17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

the work Isa 26:3 48:18 54:13,14 55:12 57:19 66:12 Ps 72:2,3 85:8 119:1 Ro 14:17 Php 4:6-9 Jas 3:17,18

quietness Isa 2:3,4 9:7 11:6-9,13 Ps 112:6-9 Pr 14:26 Eze 37:21,22,25 39:29 Mic 4:3,4 2Co 1:12 Heb 6:11 2Pe 1:10,11 1Jo 3:18-24 4:17

18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Isa 33:20-22 35:9,10 60:17,18 Jer 23:5,6 33:16 Eze 34:25,26 Ho 2:18-23 Zec 2:5,8 Heb 4:9 1Jo 4:16

19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

it shall Isa 25:4 28:2,17 30:30 37:24 Eze 13:11-13 Mt 7:25 Re 8:7

on the Zec 11:2

the city shall be low. or, the city shall be utterly abased Isa 14:22,23 26:5 Na 1:1,8 2:10-13 Re 18:21

20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

blessed Isa 19:5-7 30:23 55:10,11 Ec 11:1 Ac 2:41 4:4 5:14 1Co 3:6 Jas 3:18

the ox Isa 30:24 1Co 9:9-11