In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
In the day that thy walls are to be built - under Cyrus, after the 70 years' captivity; and again, hereafter, when the Jews shall be restored (Amos 9:11; Zechariah 12:6).
In that day shall the decree be far removed - namely, the tyrannical decree х choq (H2706)] or rule of In that day shall the decree be far removed - namely, the tyrannical decree х choq (H2706)] or rule of Babylon shall be put away from thee - "the statutes that were not good" (Ezekiel 20:25, "Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live"). (Calvin.) Psalms 102:13-16; Isaiah 9:4. The Hebrew [raachaq] is rather, as the English version, shall be far removed or put away, than Maurer's translation, 'the boundary of the city shall be far extended,' so as to contain the people flocking into it from all nations (Micah 7:12; Isaiah 49:20; Isaiah 54:2).