Behold, I will make you ... — The object of the illustration in this verse and the following is to show that God would clothe them …

A new sharp threshing instrument. —The instrument described is a kind of revolving sledge armed with two-edged blades, still used in Syria…

Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make th…

Lo, I have made thee. The Prophet still speaks of the restoration of the Church, and promises that she will be so victorious over her enem…

Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument,
having teeth
The Vulgate La…

God speaks with tenderne ; Fear not, for I am with you: not only within call, but present with you. Are you weak? I will strengthen you. Are yo…

1. Let the islands keep silence before me. Here the prophet begins to strengthen the people for a firm expectation based on the lov…