every dwelling place of mount Zion. Not merely over the Tabernacle as in the old Dispensation.
assemblies = convocation. Hebrew. mikra. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Isa_1:13.
upon = over.
a defence = a canopy. Hebrew. chuppah, the marriage canopy. Not translated "defence" elsewhere. Occurs only here, Psa_19:5, and Joe_2:16. Compare Isa_62:4.