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For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
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God Restores the Desolate
Commentators agree this verse is a powerful promise of divine restoration. Just as God created a great nation from Abraham, He promises to transform Zion's desolate 'waste places' into a paradise like the Garden of Eden. Scholars note this applies both to the physical restoration of Israel after exile and to the spiritual renewal of the Church when it feels barren or in decline.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the Lord shall comfort Zion - On the word ‘Zion,’ see the notes at (Isaiah 1:8). The meaning here is that He would …
19th Century
Anglican
He will make her wilderness like Eden. —Interesting as showing Isaiah’s acquaintance with Genesis 1–3. (Ezekiel 31:16; [Refere…
Baptist
For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garde…
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16th Century
Protestant
Surely Jehovah will comfort Zion. The Prophet shows that in the person of Abraham there was exhibited an example which applies to all ages…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the Lord shall comfort Zion; The church, by his Spirit, in the ministration of the word, and administration of ordina…
It is good for those privileged by the new birth, to consider that they were shapen in sin. This should cause low thoughts of ourselves, and high t…
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13th Century
Catholic
Give ear to me, you that follow justice. Here he addresses the second obstacle to their liberation, which might be assumed from …
