I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. A firmament on the earth, and so forth This may be understood of the Church of Christ, ever firm and visible: and of the flourishing condition of its congregation. Challoner.—The strength or staff of bread shall not fail. Psalms 104:16. Isaiah 3:1. Calmet.—Prot. “there shall be a handful of corn in the,” and so forth Bible.—Thus moderns follow the Rabbins, who greatly exaggerate the abundance which will take place under the Messias, as expecting that wheat will then grow as high as cedars. The country was indeed very luxuriant and populous in the reign of Solomon. But the fathers explain this of the Church, founded on Christ, the rock, and enriched with all virtues, ( Calmet.) and the most efficacious sacraments, particularly with the holy Eucharist, to which S. Jerom may allude: “there shall be memorable wheat,” and so forth Bible.—By these hyperbolical allegories, the abundance enjoyed in the Church was denoted. Menochius.