Break forth into joy - Jerusalem, at the time here referred to, was lying waste and in ruins. This call on the waste places of Jeru…

Ye waste places of Jerusalem ... —The history of the return of the exiles in Ezra 1:3, seems a somewhat poor and prosaic …

Praise ye, rejoice together. He exhorts believers to thanksgiving, but chiefly confirms them in the hope and confidence of this salvation;…

Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem This is what the watchmen shall say when they lift up …

The gospel proclaims liberty to those bound with fears. Let those weary and heavy laden under the burden of sin find relief in Christ, shake themse…

1. Arise, arise. Here the prophet addre es the third obstacle to their liberation, which was their poverty, by promising them a lib…