Behold, the days come, saith the Lord
Or, "are coming" {d}; and will soon be here, a few days, months,
and years more; so it was usual with the prophets to represent
the coming of Christ as near at hand, to comfort the saints, and
keep up their faith and expectation of him, and especially the
latter prophets; see ( Haggai 2:6 Haggai 2:7 ) ( Zechariah
9:9 ) ( Malachi 3:1 ) ; as also
to usher in their prophecies of this sort with a behold, as a
note of admiration, attention, and asseveration; see ( Isaiah 7:14 ) (
Zechariah
3:8 ) ( 6:12 ) ;
that I will raise unto David a righteous
Branch;
the Messiah; so it is explained by the Targum, which calls him
the Messiah of the righteous; and by Kimchi and Ben Melech; and
by the ancient Jews F5 also; who is frequently by the
prophets spoken of as a branch, ( Isaiah 4:2 ) ( 11:1 ) ( Zechariah
3:8 ) ( 6:12 ) ;
which respects his incarnation, his springing up and appearance
in the earth, and the meanness and weakness of it; and here, his
descent from the family of David, when that was in a low and mean
condition, to be his successor in his throne and kingdom, not in
a temporal, but in a spiritual sense; and is a branch and plant
not of man's raising, but of the Lord's, his human nature being
formed without the help of man; and is that tabernacle which God
pitched, and not man; and is therefore elsewhere called the
Branch of the Lord, and said to be brought forth by him, (
Isaiah 4:2 ) (
Zechariah
3:8 ) ; the epithet of "righteous" is given him, because
righteous in himself, and the author of righteousness to others;
a branch that brings forth and bears the fruits of righteousness,
from whence all those that are ingrafted in him come to have
righteousness; and a King shall reign and
prosper;
the King Messiah, the same with David's righteous Branch, his son
and offspring; who was appointed by God the Father "King" over
Zion, the church, from all eternity; was always promised and
spoken of as a King, and came as such, though his kingdom was not
with observation, it being not of this world; and when he
ascended to heaven, he was declared Lord and Christ; and now
"reigns" on the same throne with his Father, and will till all
enemies are put under his footstool: and as he prospered in his
priestly office, by obtaining the redemption and salvation of his
people, which is the "pleasure of the Lord" that was to "prosper
in his hand", ( Isaiah 53:10
) ; so likewise in his kingly and prophetic offices, by going
forth in his Gospel conquering and to conquer; riding forth
therein prosperously, and subduing his enemies, and causing his
ministers to triumph in him: or, "shall deal prudently"
F6, as the word is rendered in (
Isaiah
52:13 ) ; (See Gill on Isaiah
52:13); and shall execute judgment and justice in
the earth:
in his church, and among his people, by governing them with
righteous laws, and by protecting and defending them from their
enemies; for "all judgment [is] committed to the Son"; who will
judge one day the whole world in righteousness; see ( John 5:22 ) ( Acts 17:31 ) ( Isaiah 9:7 ) .