Isa 32:14 | JFB | STEP | 14. palaces —most applicable to Jerusalem (see on ). multitude . . . left —the noisy din of the city, that is, the city with its noisy multitude shall lie forsaken [MAURER ]. forts —rather, "Ophel" (that is, the mound), the term applied specially to the declivity on the east of Zion, surrounded with its own wall ( ), and furnished with "towers" (or watchtowers), perhaps referred to here ( ). for ever —limited by thee, "until," &c., , for a long time.

Isaiah 32:14

14. palaces—most applicable to Jerusalem (see on Isa 32:13).

multitude . . . left—the noisy din of the city, that is, the city with its noisy multitude shall lie forsaken [MAURER].

forts—rather, "Ophel" (that is, the mound), the term applied specially to the declivity on the east of Zion, surrounded with its own wall (2Ch 27:3; 33:14; 2Ki 5:24), and furnished with "towers" (or watchtowers), perhaps referred to here (Ne 3:26, 27).

for ever—limited by thee, "until," &c., Isa 32:15, for a long time.