Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
palaces—most applicable to Jerusalem (see on Isaiah 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 (II Chronicles 27:3; II Chronicles 33:14; II Kings 5:24), and furnished with "towers" (or watchtowers), perhaps referred to here (Nehemiah 3:26-27).
for ever—limited by thee, "until," etc., Isaiah 32:15, for a long time.
Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence ( 0:0-1:1—daughters" as the cities and villages of Judea (Eze. 16:1-63). See Amos 6:1.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 32:14:
Isaiah 22:5
Isaiah 31:9
Isaiah 42:14
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