Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

LIV. 1 Sing, Ο barren, that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

[*](7. ‘opened,’ imperfect tense.)[*](8. ‘from,’ perhaps = ‘because of’: but cf. lvii. x, where verb however different. ‘and as for his generation’: or, ‘and his life who will for he was.’ c.)[*](9. ‘appoint,’ lit. ‘gave . . . ’ ‘Because,’ or ‘although . . . ’ ‘death’ is here plural in Heb.)[*](10. Or, ‘if thou shouldst make his soul a . . .)

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2 Widen the place of. thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitation; withhold not; lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes:

3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; ’thy seed shall possess nations, and make desolate. nations to be inhabited.