13.
(Isa 5:6; 7:23).
houses of joy--pleasure-houses outside of Jerusalem, not Jerusalem
itself, but other cities destroyed by Sennacherib in his march
(Isa 7:20-25).
However, the prophecy, in its full accomplishment, refers to the
utter desolation of Judea and its capital by Rome, and
subsequently, previous to the second coming of the King
(Ps 118:26;
Lu 13:35; 19:38);
"the joyous city" is in this view, Jerusalem
(Isa 22:2).
JFB.
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