For thou shalt break forth — (See the notes at Isaiah 49:19-20).

And make the desolate cities — (See the note…

On the right hand and on the left. — Compare to Genesis 28:14. Strictly speaking, the words indicate specifically…

Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that did not travail with child; for more are the children …

Because thou shalt be multiplied. Now follows the reason why he commanded the cords to be lengthened for enlarging the tents. The reason i…

For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left ,
&c.] To the south, and to the north, as the Targum, like an inun…

Observe the low state of religion in the world for a long time before Christianity was brought in. But by preaching the gospel, multitudes were con…

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

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