In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD - namely, this inscription, "Holiness to the Lord," the same as was on the golden plate worn on the forefront of the mitre of the high priest (Exodus 28:36). This implies that all things, even the most common, shall be sacred to Yahweh, and not merely the things which under the law had special sanctity attached to them. The "bells" were metal plates hanging from the necks of horses and camels as ornaments, which tinkled (as the Hebrew root means) by striking against each other. Bells are found represented on the walls of Sennacherib's palace at Kouyunjik attached to horses.
And the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar - the vessels used for boiling, for receiving ashes, etc., shall be as holy as tile bowls used for catching the blood of the sacrificial victims (note, Zechariah 9:15; 1 Samuel 2:14). The priesthood of Christ will be explained more fully both by the Mosaic types and by the New Testament in that temple of which Ezekiel speaks. Then the Song of Solomon, now obscure, will be understood, because the marriage feast of the Lamb will be celebrated in heaven (Revelation 19:1-21), and on earth it will be a Solomonic period, peaceful, glorious, and nuptial. There will be no king, but a prince; the Sabbatic period of the judges will return, but not with the Old Testament but the New Testament glory, (Isaiah 1:26; Ezekiel 45:1.) (Roos.)