The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Ver. 10. The kings of Tarshish, and of the isles] i.e. All the kings of the earth, which being encompassed with the ocean, is therefore by the old geographers called a great island. Judaea, though part of the continent, is called an isle, Isaiah 20:6, because separated from other countries; with whom God would have his people to have as little to do as might be, that they might not be corrupted with foreign fashions. This was accomplished partly in Solomon; see 1 Kings 4:21; 1Ki 4:34; 1 Kings 10:25; perfectly it is, and shall be in Christ: De Solomone certum est, de Christo certius, saith Kimchi; all the kingdoms of the earth shall one day be his kingdoms; he shall be the universal Monarch, and he alone.