Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
my mouth . . . sword— (Isaiah 11:4; Revelation 19:15). The double office of the Word of God, saving and damnatory, is implied (Isaiah 50:4; John 12:48; Hebrews 4:12).
shaft— (Psalms 45:5). "Polished," that is, free from all rust, implies His unsullied purity.
in . . . quiver . . . hid me—Like a sword in its scabbard, or a shaft in the quiver, Messiah, before His appearing, was hid with God, ready to be drawn forth at the moment God saw fit [HENGSTENBERG]; also always protected by God, as the arrow by the quiver (Isaiah 51:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 49:2:
Isaiah 49:1
Isaiah 50:4
Isaiah 51:16
Zechariah 3:4
Ephesians 6:17
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