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Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
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Joy Before Deliverance
Commentators like John Calvin highlight that God calls the 'waste places' of Jerusalem to rejoice before their restoration is visible. This is a powerful call to faith, urging believers to find joy in the certainty of God's promises, even when their circumstances still look bleak. Our hope is not in what we see, but in what God has declared He will do.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Break forth into joy - Jerusalem, at the time here referred to, was lying waste and in ruins. This call on the waste places of Jeru…
19th Century
Anglican
Ye waste places of Jerusalem ... —The history of the return of the exiles in Ezra 1:3, seems a somewhat poor and prosaic …
16th Century
Protestant
Praise ye, rejoice together. He exhorts believers to thanksgiving, but chiefly confirms them in the hope and confidence of this salvation;…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem This is what the watchmen shall say when they lift up …
The gospel proclaims liberty to those bound with fears. Let those weary and heavy laden under the burden of sin find relief in Christ, shake themse…
13th Century
Catholic
Arise, arise. Here the prophet addresses the third obstacle to their liberation, which was their poverty, by promising them a li…
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