Isaiah 32:2 - Exposition

A man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind , etc. Modem critics mostly render, "each man"— i.e. the king, and each of his princes. But it is, to say the least, allowable —with Vitringa and Kay—to regard the word as referring to the king only (comp. Zechariah 6:12 , where ish , a man, is used in the same vague way of One who is clearly the Messiah). There was never but one man who could be to other men all that is predicated in this verse of the "man" mentioned (comp. Isaiah 25:4 , where nearly the same epithets are predicated of God). A covert ; i . e. a protection against Divine wrath. Such is Messiah in his mediatorial character. Rivers of water ; i.e. refreshing and invigorating (comp. Isaiah 55:1 ; John 4:14 ; John 7:37 ). The shadow of a great rook. At once refreshing and protecting (see Isaiah 25:4 ).