the plowman, &c. This shows that the fulfilment of this prophecy is yet in abeyance, for these temporal blessings were postponed on the rejection of the call to repentance in Acts 3:18-26. Compare Act 28:25-58. Note the reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:5). App-92.
the mountains, &c. Compare Joel 3:18.
sweet wine. new wine. Hebrew. asis See App-27.
melt: i.e. dissolve into wine and oil. Figure of speech Hyperbole (App-6), for emphasis.