Violence shall no more be heard in thy land
It shall be no more committed; no instances of it will be heard
of, or any complaints concerning it; neither public nor private
oppression: antichristian persecution will now be at an end;
those that destroyed the earth with violence and oppression shall
be no more; "there will be none to hurt in all the holy
mountain", ( Isaiah 11:9 ) :
wasting nor destruction within thy borders;
no more wars, nor rumours of wars; no more blood shed; no more
depopulation of cities, nor destruction of the lives of men; the
whore of Rome will have drank up her full cup; and the vials of
wrath being poured out upon the antichristian states, there will
be a profound peace, and the greatest prosperity everywhere;
especially in all those places where the churches of Christ will
be, who will no more be exposed to the cruelty of their enemies:
but thou shall call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates
Praise;
or, "call Salvation thy walls, and Praise thy gates" F8; having
no need of any other walls but the salvation of God, temporal and
spiritual; nor of any other gates but the praise that will be in
the hearts and mouths of the saints, on account of it; though
temporal salvation may be included, which will be for walls and
bulwarks to the church: yet spiritual and eternal salvation is
chiefly meant, which flows from the invariable love of God; is
founded upon his unalterable purpose; secured in the act of
electing grace; established in the covenant; and completely
wrought out by Christ, who has vanquished every enemy, procured
every blessing; and whose almighty power, as well as his divine
Father's, is and will be concerned for the safety of his people;
who will now be in great numbers in the gates of Zion; praising
the Lord for electing, redeeming, calling, pardoning, and
justifying grace; and for the privileges of the house of the Lord
they are admitted to; and for the communion they have with him
there; see ( Isaiah 26:1 Isaiah 26:2 ) . The
Targum is,
``and they shall proclaim salvation on thy walls, and on thy gates there shall be they that praise.''