Isaiah 33:21-22

Isaiah 33:21-22. But there the glorious Lord, &c.— But the glorious name of JEHOVAH shall be unto us a place of confluent streams, of broad waters. Lowth. Our prophet always rises in his figures: the meaning of those in this second period is, that the church, at the time here specified, shall immediately depend upon God alone. He alone shall be acknowledged, worshipped, celebrated as the true King, Teacher, Judge, and Saviour of his church: he alone shall be esteemed excellent; and under his protection the people shall enjoy an abundance of all things, in the utmost security from any hostile incursions. To express which, the prophet compares the church to a city, built in a happy country, near rivers and streams, in which no great and mighty, that is, no warlike or commanding ship, except that of Jehovah's, should be seen: this seems to be the genuine meaning of the figure. See ch. Isa 30:25 Isaiah 51:3. 1Ma 14:8.