For thy waste and thy desolate places - Your land over which ruin has been spread, and over which the exile nation mourns.

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Shall even now be too narrow. —Literally, with a vivid abruptness, thou shalt be ... T…

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…

For thy desolate places, he confirms by other words what we have already seen: that the change which he promised is in the hand of God, an…

For your waste and your desolate places, and the land of your
destruction
Or "your la…

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: