Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Of . . . increase . . . no end—His princely rule shall perpetually increase and be unlimited (Daniel 2:44).
throne of David— (I Kings 8:25; Psalms 2:6; Psalms 132:11; Jeremiah 3:17-18 Ezekiel 34:23-26; Ezekiel 37:16, Ezekiel 37:22; Luke 1:32-33; Acts 2:30).
judgment . . . justice—It is not a kingdom of mere might, and triumph of force over enemies, but of righteousness (Isaiah 42:21; Psalms 45:6-7), attainable only in and by Messiah.
zeal, etc.—including not only Christ's hidden spiritual victory over Satan at the first coming, but the open one accompanied with "judgments" on Antichrist and every enemy at the second coming (Isaiah 59:17; Psalms 9:6-8).
Delivered a little later than the previous one. The ninth and tenth chapters ought to have been so divided. The present division into chapters was made by Cardinal Hugo, in AD 1250; and into verses, by Robert Stephens, the famous printer of Paris, in 1551. After the Assyrian invasion of Syria, that of Ephraim shall follow (II Kings 16:9); Isaiah 9:8-11, Isaiah 9:17-20, foretell the intestine discords in Israel after Hoshea had slain Pekah (A.D. 739), that is, just after the Assyrian invasions, when for seven years it was stripped of magistrates and torn into factions. There are four strophes, each setting forth Ephraim's crime and consequent punishment, and ending with the formula, "For all this His anger is not turned away," etc. (Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 9:21, and Isaiah 10:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 9:7:
Psalms 45:6
Psalms 72:12-14
Psalms 89:47
Psalms 96:10
Isaiah 2:4
Isaiah 9:1
Isaiah 37:35
Jeremiah 23:5
Jeremiah 30:9
Ezekiel 21:27
Micah 4:7
Haggai 2:9
Luke 1:32-33
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