To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron - just as Joseph, when exalted from a dungeon to be lord of Egypt, next to the monarch Pharaoh, could 'bind at his pleasure' those who had formerly bound him (); so the saints reigning next to Christ the King, shall rule those who once bare rule over them, (Psalms 2:1). , shows that the earthly Jerusalem and Israel shall bear the moral supremacy over the Gentile nations (). Compare the type, . The final and heavenly Jerusalem shall be the city into which the "kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour" ().

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