And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
Ver. 29. And I will raise up for them a plant of renown,] a i.e., Christ the true tree of life. Or the Church planted and rooted in Christ, and much renowned all the world over. Christ mystical is a vine covering the whole earth.
And they shall be no more consumed with hunger.] They shall have enough of all good things, a sufficiency, though not a superfluity; a David's sat habeo, because the Lord hath heard the voice of my supplications. Psa 116:1
Neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.] God will bring them in credit with those which formerly slighted and reproached them. God fashioneth men's opinions, ruleth their tongues, promiseth to them who, by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life, where the saints shall shine as the sun in his strength. Rom 2:7 Mat 13:43
a Plantam pacis. - Sept.