6For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. …
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-10)The seasonable succour and relief which God sent to his captives in Babylon, when they had a discharge from their bondage there, are here foretold, as a type and figure of all those consolations of God which are treasured up for the church in general and all believers in particular, in the covenant of grace. I. Look back to former troubles, and in comparison with them God’s favours to his people a…
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