Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 32:14
14. palaces—most applicable to Jerusalem (see on Isaiah 32:3). multitude . . . left—the noisy din of the city, that is, the city with its noisy multitude shall lie forsaken [MAURER]. forts—rather, "Ophel" (that is, the mound), the term applied specially to the declivity on the east of Zion, surrounded with its own wall (2 Chronicles 27:3; 2 Chronicles 33:14; 2 Kings 5:24), and furnished with "towers" (or watchtowers), perhaps referred to here (Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 3:27). for ever—limited by... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 32:11-14
Isaiah 32:11-14. Tremble, ye women— Tremble, &c.—and gird sackcloth upon your loins, Isa 32:12 upon your breasts; lamenting for the pleasant field, for the fruitful vine: Isa 32:13 for the land, &c.—yea, for all the houses of joy; [for] the joyous city, Isaiah 32:14. Because the temple is deserted; the thronged city left; the clift and watch-tower shall for a long season be for dens, &c. Vitringa. The prophet begins and proceeds in a more lofty tone than in the former passage,... read more