Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
Ver. 4. There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem] Because the "Ancient of days, the just Lord, is in the midst thereof," Zephaniah 3:5, and he will give every "good gift and perfect giving," James 1:17, that is, both temporal and spiritual. The Father of lights will be to his both a sun and a shield; and no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly, Psalms 84:11. Godliness hath the promises of both lives, 1 Timothy 4:8. Christ is heir of all, Hebrews 1:2, and the saints are his coheirs, Romans 8:17. He is the "everlasting Father," and also the "Prince of peace," Isaiah 9:6; his children and subjects shall have both the upper and nether springs, both the blessing of the right hand (spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ Jesus), and also of the left; riches and honour, delight and pleasure, life and length of days, peace and prosperity, &c., Proverbs 3:16,17; Pro 8:18; Psa 112:2-3; Deuteronomy 28:2,6 .
And every man with his staff in his hand] His third leg, as they call it; q.d. they shall live so long that they shall need a staff, a servant or a son (such as Scipio was to his old decrepit father) to lean upon; because the strong men, the legs, shall bow themselves, that is, bend and buckle under their burden, Ecclesiastes 12:3. They shall not be cut off by the devouring sword of war, that slaughter-man of mankind that lays heaps upon heaps, and by chain bullets cuts its way through a heap of men at once, without respect of old or young.