Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 49:23

23. And Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers l: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet , and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me .

They shall highly reverence and honour thee, and shall most humbly and readily submit themselves unto thee, which was not verified in any of the Persian Kings, but onely in these Kings who were converted to the Christian Faith and Church. The expressions are borrowed from the practice of the Eastern People in their protestations and adorations, when they bowed so low as to touch and kiss the ground, whereby they did or might seem to lick up the very dust of the ground was which about or under the feet of those whom they adored.

Their hopes and expectatio[illegible: 1+ letters] shall not be disappointed, but abundantly satisfied.

e Kings and Queens shall have a sincere affection, and tender regard unto thee and thy Children, which was in some sort fulfilled by Cyrus, Ahashuerus, and some few others of the Persian Kings or Queens, but much more truly and fully by those many Kings, and Emperours of the Gentile world, which after Christs time did both themselves embrace the true Religion, and also set it up in their several Dominions.

Marginal references: Heb. nourishers.; Heb. Princesses.; Psal. 72. 9.