Isaiah 32:14

“Because the palaces shall be forsaken, &c.] The palaces of the princes and nobles shall be forsaken by them, they being obliged to flee from the enemy, or being taken, and either slain, or carried captive. The word in the Hebrew is in the singular number, “the palace”, meaning the royal palace; and so Aben Ezra and Jarchi interpret it of the king’s palace; though the Targum paraphrases it the house of the sanctuary, or the temple, so Kimchi; which was left desolate, as Christ foretold it should be, (<402338>Matthew 23:38): the multitude of the city shall be left; to take care of themselves, and to the fury of their enemies, their princes and nobles being killed or fled; or, “the city shall…”

“palaces--most applicable to Jerusalem (see on Isa 32:13). multitude . . . left--the noisy din of the city, that is, the city with its noisy multitude shall lie forsaken [MAURER]. forts--rather, "Ophel" (that is, the mound), the term applied specially to the declivity on the east of Zion, surrounded with its own wall (Ch2 27:3; Ch2 33:14; Kg2 5:24), and furnished with "towers" (or watchtowers), perhaps referred to here (Neh 3:26-27). for ever--limited by thee, "until," &c., Isa 32:15, for a long time.”

“Because the palaces shall be forsaken - That is, the palaces in the cities and towns which Sennacherib would lay waste. Or, if it refers, as Lowth supposes, to the invasion of the land in the time of the Chaldeans, then it relates to the palaces in Jerusalem. Vitringa supposes that the temple at Jerusalem is particularly designated by the word rendered palaces. But that is not the usual word to denote the temlple, and it is not necessary to suppose that that is particularly referred to. The word ארמון 'armôn usually denotes a palace, or royal residence in some part of the royal citadel (see 1 Kings 16:18; Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 30:18; Amos 1:4, Amos 1:7, Amos 1:10, Amos 1:12). The forts -…”

“Forsaken - Of God, and given up into their enemies hands. A joy - Desolate places, in which wild asses delight to be. Isaiah 32:15”

“32:14 Jerusalem was eventually destroyed, but by the Babylonians, not the Assyrians (for a prediction of this, see 39:1-8).”

“the palaces: Isa 5:9, Isa 24:1-3, Isa 24:10, Isa 24:12, Isa 25:2, Isa 27:10; Kg2 25:9; Luk 21:20, Luk 21:24 forts and towers: or, clifts and watch-towers for: Isa 13:19-22, Isa 34:11-17; Rev 18:2, Rev 18:3 Isaiah 32:15”