Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgivene ; therefore God decrees their …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Set thee up way marks ... —It will be noted that the figure is changed, and that instead of “Ephraim, the dear son,” we have Israe…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps:

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He describes what mercy would do: namely, that God would eventually restore the captives and bring them back from exile to their own country. Howev…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Set you up way marks, make you high heaps
Of stones, raised up as pillars, or like pyramids; or upright, as palm trees, which …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children is a highway. It is plain and safe, yet none are likely to walk in it unless they …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

v.21a

Here, instruction is given to the penitent: establish for yourself a watchtower (speculam), so that yo…

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