O tower: The Targumist applies these words to the Messiah: "But thou, O Messiah, who art hidden because of the sins of the congregation of Zion, the kingdom shall come unto thee." Psalms 48:12-13; Isaiah 5:2; Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1
the flock: or, Edar, Genesis 35:21
the strong: 2 Samuel 5:7; Isaiah 10:32; Zechariah 9:12
the first: Numbers 24:19; Daniel 2:44, Daniel 7:18; Obadiah 1:21; Zechariah 9:10; Ephesians 1:21; Revelation 22:5