For the mountains shall depart - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:6).

The covenant of my peace - That is, the cov…

For the mountains shall depart. —Better, “may depart.” The same bold hyperbole is found in Psalms 46:3;[Referenc…

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that w…

For the mountains shall indeed be moved. He confirms the former statement and declares that the whole world would sooner be turned upside …

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed
As sometimes by earthquakes, and as they will at the last day, when t…

As God is slow to anger, so he is swift to show mercy. And how sweet the returns of mercy would be when God comes and comforts them!

1. Give praise, O you barren. Here, against the dejection of their circumstances, he promises the remedy of exaltation.

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