Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 62:8

8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand , and by the arm of his strength, surely , I will no more give thy corn t[illegible: 1+ letters] be meat for thine enemies, and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured :

This, and the next Verse are much to the same purpose, wherein the Prophet, to encourage them to their industrious endeavours, tells them that the Lord had sworn to see to the prosperity of Jerusalem; And he names the Hand to signifie his faithfulness, as the giving of our hand notes our Fidelity, and Arm to signifie his Power, the Arm of his strength, i. e. his strong Arm; these being eminently to be engaged, and put forth for his People, he swears by them.

Or, I[illegible: 1+ letters] I give, an usual Aposiopesis, an abrupt form of swearing, implying somthing of an imprecation, as great as can be expressed, q. d. never account me Faithful, or Almighty, if I accomplish not this.

See ch. 61. 5.

The meaning is, that Meat, and Drink, and all necessaries, that thou hast laboured for, the Babylonians took away from thee, but now it shall be so no more, he will not give thee up to the Will of thine Enemies.

Marginal references: Heb. If I give, &c.; Deu. 28. 31. &c. Jer. 5. 17.