Verse 7
7. His buckets Israel is poetically portrayed as a water-carrier with two overflowing pails, such as irrigated Balaam’s native soil with water carried from the Euphrates. In the burning East an abundance of water is a large element of personal happiness and of national prosperity. Water is often used in the Bible as a symbol of spiritual blessing, especially in Isaiah 12:3; Isaiah 35:6-8; Isaiah 41:17-18; Isaiah 43:19-20; Isaiah 44:3-4; Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 58:11.
Seed… in many waters His children shall either enjoy copious waters literally, (Deuteronomy 8:7,) or they shall dwell among many peoples, figuratively expressed by waters, Psalms 144:7; Revelation 17:15.
King… higher than Agag Agag was an hereditary title of the chieftains of Amalek, as elsewhere was and is Caesar and Czar. The word signifies high, or in the Arabic, fiery. At this time Amalek was at the zenith of power and glory. Numbers 24:20. The prediction is, that this glory shall pale before the splendour of some future king of Israel. This was fulfilled in Solomon, though Saul irrecoverably crushed Amalek and captured Agag. 1 Samuel 15:8. Extreme typologists refer this prediction to Christ. John 1:49; John 12:13-15; comp. Psalms 89:27-28.
His kingdom The kingdom of the Messiah. Jerusalem Targum.
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