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For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now shall you be too strait for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.
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From Desolation to Overflow
Commentators unanimously highlight the dramatic reversal promised in this verse. The very places that were once 'waste and desolate' will become so full of God's people that they will be 'too narrow.' This isn't just a minor improvement; it's a complete transformation from emptiness to overflowing abundance, demonstrating God's power to restore what was destroyed.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For thy waste and thy desolate places - Your land over which ruin has been spread, and over which the exile nation mourns.
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19th Century
Anglican
Shall even now be too narrow. —Literally, with a vivid abruptness, thou shalt be ... T…
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
For thy desolate places, he confirms by other words what we have already seen: that the change which he promised is in the hand of God, an…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For your waste and your desolate places, and the land of your destruction Or "your la…
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.<…
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13th Century
Catholic
Give ear, you islands. In this part, he describes the order of liberation in more detail. Regarding this, he does two things:
