Isaiah 49:19

For thy ruins and thy desolate places, 1 and the eretz of thy devastation, 1 shall even now be too narrow for the inhabitants, + 49:19 of Tziyon returned from the Golus 1 and they that devoured thee shall be far away. 1

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In The King James Version

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

In Context

18Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold; 1 all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. 1 As I live, saith Hashem, 1 thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, 1 as with jewelry and put them on like a kallah. 1

20Furthermore, the Bnei Shikkulayich (the Children of thy Bereavement, i.e., the sons born while the Mother was bereaved of other children lost) 1 shall say again in thine oznayim: 1 The makom is too cramped for me; 1 geshah (fall back, make room, give place) to me that I may dwell. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 56:1(For the director. Set to The Silent, Distant Yonah. Of Dovid. A mikhtam — when the Pelishtim seized him in Gat) 1

Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them up chayyim (alive) like She'ol; 1 and whole, as those that go down into the bor (pit); 1

Isaiah 49:8Thus saith Hashem: 1 In a time of [My] ratzon (favor) have I answered Thee, + 49:8 Moshiach 1 and in a Yom Yeshu'ah have I helped Thee; 1 and I will preserve Thee, 1 and give Thee for a Brit Am + 49:8 See Jer 31:31-34; Mk 14:24 1 to raise up Eretz, 1 to reapportion desolate nechalot + 49:8 see Yehoshua chapters 13-21 (inheritances). + 49:8 T.N. Notice that in the previous verse the Moshiach is depicted as a new Yehoshua, which is also his namesake, Yehoshua Tzemach Shmo, Zech 6:11-12 . 1

Isaiah 49:25But thus saith Hashem: 1 Even the Shevi gibbor shall be taken, 1 and the malko'ach of the aritz (the fierce, the tyrant) shall escape; 1 for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, 1 and I will save thy banim. 1

Isaiah 54:1Sing, O akarah (barren woman), + 54:1 i.e., Yerushalayim emptied out by the Golus that Isaiah sees coming thou that didst not bear; 1 break forth into singing, and shout for joy, 1 thou that didst not travail with child; 1 for rabbim bnei shome'mah (more are the children of the desolate woman) + 54:1 i.e. referring to those of Jerusalem making aliyah from the Golus so that Moshiachʼs Kehillah can come forth at Jerusalem — Ac 2:41 1 than the bnei be'ulah (children of the married woman), + 54:1 i.e., Jerusalem as the Sarah at first barren then greatly fruitful; see Gn 17:16 saith Hashem. + 54:1 See Ga 4:27 1

Jeremiah 30:16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; 1 and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; 1 and they that plunder thee shall become plunder, 1 and all that prey upon thee will I give for prey. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:19-24

Encouragement to Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord , thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. 19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. 20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost… Read the whole commentary →

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