O you afflicted - In the previous verses, Yahweh had merely promised protection, and had in general terms a ured them of His favor. Here H…

I will lay your stones with fair colours. —This is the first germ of the idealizing symbolism of the new Jerusalem. The l…

O you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay your stones with fair colors, and lay your foundations with sapphir…

Thou wretched. He continues the same subject and promises not only that the Church will be restored to her ancient splendor, but also that…

O you afflicted, tossed with tempests, and not comforted ,
&c.] Or, "O you poor" ^F19 church; for the firs…

Let the people of God, when afflicted and tossed, consider that God is speaking comfortingly to them through these words, taking notice of their gr…

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

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