Psalm 87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. 1. In regard of the eminency of her births, she is not wholly barren; she bath her births of men, and worthy men. The carnal world hath not exceeded the Church in men of raised intellectuals; Zion hath not been a city of fools. 2. In regard to the multitude of them; "this and that man," of all sorts and conditions, and multitudes of them, so that "more are the children of the desolate than of the married wife." The tents were prophesied to be enlarged, the curtains of the habitations of Zion to be stretched out, and her cords to be lengthened, to receive and entertain that multitude of children that should be brought forth by her after the sacrifice of the Son of God (Isaiah 54:1, 2); for that exhortation follows upon the description of the death and exaltation of Christ (Isaiah 53.). (S. Charnock.) Parallel Verses KJV: And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. |
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