Lift up your eyes round about — That is, see the multitudes that will be converted to you; see your ruined city rise again in its f…

Lift up thine eyes. —The daughter of Zion is called on to gaze on the returning exiles. They shall be her gems and her gi…

Thy walls are continually before me. Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyer and they that make thee waste shall go forth of thee. Lift up…

Lift up your eyes round about. He arouses the Church to survey this magnificent work, as if it were actually before her eyes, and to behol…

Lift up your eyes round about, and behold
Look east, west, north, and south, and behold the flocking converts from all parts; …

Zion is addressed as an afflicted widow, bereaved of her children. Numbers flock to her, and she is assured that they come to be a comfort to her.<…

1. Give ear, you islands. In this part, he describes the order of liberation in more detail. Regarding this, he does two things: