Isaiah 60:14 - Exposition

The sons ( i.e. descendants) also of them that afflicted thee; i.e. of the various nations that at different times oppressed and afflicted Israel—as Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Assyrians, Babylonians, Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, etc. Shall come bending unto thee. Bowing themselves down to the new Israel—the Israel of God—as the eleven sheaves bowed themselves down to Joseph's sheaf ( Genesis 37:7 ). At the soles of thy feet (comp. Isaiah 49:23 ). Shall call thee, The city of the Lord. Hitherto her enemies had bestowed on Jerusalem disparaging names, as "Forsaken,'' or " Desolate " ( Isaiah 62:4 ). Now they will substitute for such names titles of honour, such as " City of Jehovah," " Zion of Israel's Holy One."