How long wilt thou go about] Or, wilt thou withdraw thy self from me, (as Cant. 5. 6.) and runne a madding and gadding after idols and humane helps? Chap. 2. 18, 23, 36.
O thou back-sliding daughter] Chap. 3. 12.
the LORD hath created] Or, will create.
a new thing] A strange thing; such as the like hath not been heard or known.
in the earth] Or, on earth. Chap. 23. 5.
A woman shall compasse a man] Or, a mightie man. Isaiah 22:17. A prophecie of Christ. A woman, (Galatians 4:4.) being a virgin, and so abiding, (Isaiah 7:14. Matth. 1. 18, 25.) shall in her womb inclose (Luke 1:31) a man: (that is, a male, a man child, John 16:21.) as the nut doth the kernell; not receiving ought from without, but conceiving and breeding of her self alone, by the power of the Almightie, from within. Matthew 1:20. Luke 1:34. 35. Or of the Church. The Church of God, though like a weak and feeble woman, (Revelation 12:1-2.) shall beset and prevail against her spirituall enemies, though fr power, like men of much might; Romans 16:20. I phes. 6. 10. 1 John 4:4. Rev. 5 4. & 12. 11.