Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Thine—the saints'.
king in . . . beauty—not as now, Hezekiah in sackcloth, oppressed by the enemy, but King Messiah (Isaiah 32:1) "in His beauty" (Song of Solomon 5:10, Song of Solomon 5:16; Revelation 4:3).
land . . . very far off—rather, "the land in its remotest extent" (no longer pent up as Hezekiah was with the siege); see Margin. For Jerusalem is made the scene of the king's glory (Isaiah 33:20, etc.), and it could not be said to be "very far off," unless the far-off land be heaven, the Jerusalem above, which is to follow the earthly reign of Messiah at literal Jerusalem (Isaiah 65:17-19; Jeremiah 3:17; Revelation 21:1-2, Revelation 21:10).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 33:17:
Song of Solomon 2:9
Isaiah 4:5
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