The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].
Ver. 10. Until Shiloh come.] Shiloh is by some expounded, the son of his secundines. a The Hebrew word implies His son, and, Her son; that is, the son of the Virgin, that came of the line Judah. Secundines are proper to women. He therefore, whom Secundines alone brought forth, without help of man, is Christ alone, the promised seed. Others render Shiloh, Tranquillator, Salvator, the Safe maker, the Peace maker, the Prosperer. b This Prince of Peace was born in a time of peace, c not long after that Pompey had subdued Judea to the Roman government, and reduced it into a province. Then was the sceptre newly departed from Judah; and Herod, an Edomite, made king of the country.
And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.] As unto the standard bearer, Song of Solomon 5:10 , marg. the carcass, Mat 24:28 the desire of all nations (Haggai 2:7, with Heb 12:25). Totus ipse desideria, saith the Church. Son 5:16 And, "When I am lifted up," saith he, "I will draw all men after me." Joh 12:32 They follow the Lamb wheresoever he goeth; as the hop and the heliotrope do the sun.
a Usque dum venturae erunt secundinae eius, id est, Iudae, ut masculinum genus in Heb. ostendit.
b A themate Shalah, unde Shaluah, tranquillitas; unde Lat. Salvere, Salvus, salvare. - Amama.
c Sub Augusto cuncta atque continua totius generis humani aut pax fuit, aut pactio. - Flor., Hist., lib. iv.