There shall yet old men] I will blesse the inhabitants of Jerusalem with peace, and health, and long life. A figure of the spirituall blessings of the Church, as Isaiah 65:20. 22.
his staffe in his hand] A signe of a prosperous estate, wherein men are not cut off untimely by warres and such like calamities See 1 Samuel 2:31. Lam. 2. 20, 21, 22. &5. 11, 12, 13, 14.
for very age] Heb. for multitude of dayes.