xxxv. 3, 4. _Strengthen ye the weak hands, &c._
The Christian ministry addresses itself to men of various character
in various states. It must be adapted to all. Sometimes warning and
denunciation, sometimes tenderness, but always love. The text is
addressed to the officers and leading men of Jerusalem in a time of
general alarm. The prophet declares that the power of the enemy shall
be broken, and that instead of desolation there shall be gladness.
The timid and weak were to be encouraged. God's strength is made
perfect in man's weakness.