Barren and once-forsaken, Zion is told to sing and enlarge her tent, for her children will outnumber the married wife's and her seed will possess nations and repopulate desolate cities.

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Barren and once-forsaken, Zion is told to sing and enlarge her tent, for her children will outnumber the married wife's and her seed will possess nations and repopulate desolate cities. Her Maker is her husband (Jehovah of hosts, the Holy One of Israel, her Redeemer) who forsook her for a small moment but gathers her with everlasting lovingkindness. The oath parallels the waters of Noah: as those waters will not again cover the earth, so his wrath is sworn away; mountains may depart, but his covenant of peace will not be removed. The storm-tossed city is rebuilt in jewels (foundations of sapphires, pinnacles of rubies, gates of carbuncles), her children all taught of Jehovah, established in righteousness far from oppression and terror. Because Jehovah created the smith who forges every weapon, no weapon formed against her prospers, and every accusing tongue is condemned: this is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–8 Sing, O Barren: Enlarge the Place of Thy Tent
B. 9–17 The Waters of Noah, and No Weapon Formed Shall Prosper

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