Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Ver. 1. Behold a king.] Hezekiah in the type, Christ in the antitype.
Shall reign in righteousness.] Regiment without righteousness, is but robbery with authority.
“ Eν δε δικαιοσυνη συλληβοην πας αρετ εστι. ”
And princes shall rule in judgment.] Not as Shebna, and those others placed in by wicked Ahaz, do now, while the king is young, and not so well able to weed them out. Evil junior rulers are a great mischief to a state. Nerva was a good emperor, and so was Aurelian; but so bought and sold by bad counsellors and inferior magistrates, that the people were in a worse case than when they were under Nero. Hezekiah would see to his princes that they were right; Christ hath none about him but such; "All his people are righteous," Isa 60:21 his "ministers" and "officers" especially. These are "princes in all lands," Psa 45:16 yea, they are "kings," because "righteous ones"; Mat 13:17 Luk 10:24 ministers especially are plenipotentiaries under Christ. Matthew 18:18,19 Joh 20:23