Afterward, &c. This mark of time has not yet been reached. It corresponds with the "many days" of Hosea 3:4. See the Structure above ("4-. ").
return, &c.: i. e. return [to Jehovah]. See Hosea 5:15, and Hosea 6:1.
seek. Compare Hosea 5:6; Jeremiah 1:4; Jeremiah 1:5.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
David. Compare Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:22; Ezekiel 37:24. Therefore David must rise again, as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob must; and note the fact of Israel seeking David.
shall fear. shall rejoice in, as in Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 33:9. Hebrew. pahad,. Homonym with another meaning (to fear, as in Deuteronomy 28:66; Job 23:15. See notes there).
goodness. Hebrew. tub, as in Hosea 14:2 ("graciously"). Gracious One: i. e. the Messiah. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 33:19). App-92. See the notes on Hosea 8:3; Hosea 14:2.
in the latter days. Rabbi Kimchi (A.D. 1160-1235) and other celebrated Jewish commentators writing on Isaiah 2:2, hold that this expression always means "in the days of the Messiah". Compare Jeremiah 30:24.Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 38:16; Daniel 2:28; Micah 4:1. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:1.Numbers 24:14.Deuteronomy 4:30; Deuteronomy 31:29). App-92.