Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 22:21

21 And I will cloath him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle , and I will commit thy government into his hand, and he shall be a father to the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

There was a peculiar sort of Robe and Girdle which was the Badge of his Office, which should be taken from him, and given to Eliakim.

He shall not onely have the Authority of a Father, which thou now hast, in which respect all Rulers are called fathers, as Exod, 2[illegible: 1+ letters]. 12. Numb. 36. 1. but shall also govern them with Fatherly Care and Affection, and not with Rigour and Cruelty, as thou dost.