Isaiah 35:9

“No lion shall be there, &c.] That is, in the way before described; no wicked persons, comparable to lions for their savage and cruel dispositions towards the people of God; for those who have been as such, as Saul before conversion, yet when brought into this way become as tame as lambs. The Targum interprets it of tyrannical kings and princes, “there shall not be there a king doing evil, nor an oppressive governor;” and Jarchi applies it to Nebuchadnezzar, as in (<240407>Jeremiah 4:7) and the sense may be, that when this way shall be more known on earth, in the latter day, there will be no persecutor of the church and people of God: or else Satan, the roaring lion, is here meant, who has no…”

“No lion--such as might be feared on the way through the wilderness which abounded in wild beasts, back to Judea. Every danger shall be warded off the returning people (Isa 11:6-9; Eze 34:25; Hos 2:18). Compare spiritually, Pro 3:17.”

“No lion shall be there - Lions abounded in all the countries adjacent to Palestine. They are, therefore, often referred to by the sacred writers, as objects of dread and alarm. The leading idea in the language of Isaiah in this whole passage, is that of a way constructed from Babylon to Judea, so straight and plain that the most simple of the people might find it and walk in it. But such a path would lie through desert sands. It would be in the region infested with lions and other wild beasts. The prophet, therefore, suggests that there should be no cause for such dread and alarm. The sense is, that in that kingdom to which he had made reference all would be safe. They who entered it should…”

“No lion: Isa 11:6-9, Isa 65:25; Lev 26:6; Eze 34:25; Hos 2:18; Rev 20:1-3 but: Isa 62:12; Exo 15:13; Psa 107:2; Gal 3:13; Tit 2:14; Pe1 1:18; Rev 5:9 Isaiah 35:10”