Isa 32:2 "shadow of a great rock"

“And as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” Only those who have traversed “a weary land,” and known the effect of a scorching sun in its shadeless wastes, can fully appreciate the figure. Christ is often spoken of as the Rock, antitypical of the smitten rock in the wilderness, whence flowed the water that kept Israel alive. The “sun scorching” he parabolically couples with “tribulation or persecution because of the word” (Matt. 13); a phenomenon with which his “friends” in all ages have been only too familiar. “In the world ye shall have tribulation.” The world is “a weary land” to Christ’s “pilgrims.” But think of the shelter when once he is in the earth again, and if it be a case of sweating endurance now, hold on!
Robert Roberts, & Walker, C. C. (1907). The Ministry of the Prophets: Isaiah (478–479). The Publishing Commitee, Christadelphian Old Paths Ecclesia.