7. O Zion . . . daughter of Babylon--Thou whose only sure dwelling is
"Zion," inseparably connected with the temple, art altogether out of thy
place in "dwelling with the daughter of Babylon" (that is, Babylon and
her people,
Ps 137:8;
Isa 1:8).
After the glory--After restoring the "glory"
(Zec 2:5;
Isa 4:5;
Ro 9:4)
of Jehovah's presence to Jerusalem, He (God the Father) hath
commissioned
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(God the Son,
Isa 48:16,
the Divine Angel: God thus being at once the Sender and the Sent) to
visit in wrath "the nations which spoiled you." Messiah's twofold
office from the Father is: (1) to glorify His Church; (2) to punish its
foes
(2Th 1:7-10).
Both offices manifest His glory
(Pr 16:4).
toucheth . . . the apple of his eye--namely, of Jehovah's eye
(De 32:10;
Ps 17:8;
Pr 7:2).
The pupil, or aperture, through which rays pass to the retina, is the
tenderest part of the eye; the member which we most sedulously guard
from hurt as being the dearest of our members; the one which feels most
acutely the slightest injury, and the loss of which is irreparable.
JFB.
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