In, &c.] Chap. 61. 2. 2 Corinthians 6:2. Psalms 69:13. an acceptable time] Heb. a time of good will. have I heard] Or, answered. Chap. 65. 24. thee] Jesus Christ: whom he would hear and help for the salvation of his Church. Vers. 2. 5. John 11. 42. & 17. 9, 15. I will preserve thee] Chap. 42. 1, 6. for a covenant] To be the Mediatour of the new covenant; Hebrews 7:12. & Hebrews 8:6. Or, to make good by thee the promises made to my people, concerning their deliverie out of captivitie; performed corporally by Cyrus, Chap. 41. 13. spiritually by Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:20. Chap. 61. 1, 2. to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages] Or, to raise up (Vers. 6.) the land, (Chap. 6. 12.) &c. To settle the state of my people, by bringing them out of captivitie, and seating them again in their land, that lay waste before. Vers. 6. chap. 51. 3. Job 33:10-11. Ezekiel 36:3-4; Ezekiel 36:34-35. a type of the restitution and establishment of the Church by Christ.