Verse 9
9. The figures are changed almost to literal terms. Still the tropical peculiarity lingers.
They Indefinitely, men in general.
Shall not hurt Literally, shall do no evil; shall not deal corruptly.
In all my holy mountain The holy land of the redeemed earth. There shall be no more a rapacious world-empire (lion, bear, leopard, Daniel 7:4-7,) to annoy the Church struggling into life, and working up its energies through the infused spirit of the Messiah.
Knowledge True religion shall fill the earth.
The sea Literally, the depths of the sea; as waters fill the deep sea basins. For illustrating the effects and the prevalence of the effects of Messiah’s reign, more ample statement is not needed. The prophecy is in our day being fulfilled, though its complete fulfilment requires still most wonderful moral changes.
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