But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
Ver. 17. But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance] God will "turn again their captivity as the streams in the south." He stirred up the spirit of Cyrus to send them home; he restored unto them both religion and liberty; he did all that could be done for them, by sanding his Son among them in the fulness of time, "made of a woman," &c., made also unto all his people, "wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption," 1 Corinthians 1:30. Jesus hath delivered us from the wrath to come, 1 Thessalonians 1:10. Neither is there any other name, whereby heaven is to be had, but only by the name of Jesus.
And there shall be holiness] "Holiness to the Lord," as Zechariah 14:20. See Trapp on " Zec 14:20 " All the Lord's people shall be a holy nation, 1 Peter 2:9. Every inhabitant of the city of God shall be partaker of holiness, both imputed and imparted; that, for justification, being inherent in Christ, imputed to us; this, for sanctification, imparted by Christ, inherent in us.
And the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions] They returning from Babylon shall not only recover their own possessions, out of the hands of the Edomites, Samaritans, and Syrians, by virtue of an edict from King Darius; but they shall also possess the Edomites themselves, and their territories; when converted to the faith of Christ, they shall bring their wealth unto the Church, and (as it is said of Tyre, Isa 23:18) feed and clothe therewith the saints of God.