The children which you shall have - The increase of the population shall be so great.

After you have lost the other - Hebrew, …

The children whom you shall have ... —Better, the children of your bereavement (i.e., born when Zion thought her…

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…

Shall again say in your ears. Isaiah continues the same subject and, under a different metaphor, promises the restoration of the Church. H…

The children which you shall have, after you have lost the
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Which "other lost" a…

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: