But you, LORD, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 8. Holy one, Jesus Christ, (Euseb.) the prophet, ( Menochius.) the sanctuary, ( Calmet.) or oracle. Worthington.—He had promised that the captives should return in seventy years time. Jeremiah 25:11 and 29:10. Calmet.—Sichem. (partibor Sichimam … metibor.) These two verbs are sometimes used for partiar and metiar, in ancient authors.—Tabernacles. Hebrew “succoth.” Bert. Genesis 33:17.—It may also signify the Arabs, who lived in tents. Menochius.—David’s dominion extended over these nations, ( Bible.) and the captives at Babylon hoped to recover them, as the Machabees did. The kingdoms of Juda and Israel were no more divided, (Isaiah 11:13. Jeremiah 31:8) to shew the unity of the Church.