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They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
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A Curse Reversed
Multiple commentators explain that this verse is a direct reversal of the curses for disobedience found in the Law (e.g., Deuteronomy 28:30). Under the curse, people would build houses for others to inhabit. In the new creation, God's people will finally enjoy the fruit of their own labor in complete peace and security.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they shall build houses - (See the notes at Isaiah 62:8-9).
19th Century
Anglican
They shall build houses ... —The proverbial type of national security and peace, as the opposite was of national misfortu…
16th Century
Protestant
And 22. They shall build houses and inhabit them. In these verses he mentions what is written in the Law; for these are the blessin…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them In Jerusalem, and other parts of Judea: though this need not be limited to …
In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miser…
13th Century
Catholic
They have sought me. Here the judge, God, gives the sentence of separation between the wicked and the good regarding the recepti…
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