It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
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Gill's Exposition
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing,.... A redundancy of words, to express the very flourishing estate of the church, and the great joy there shall be on that occasion,…
Barnes' Notes
It shall blossom abundantly - Hebrew, ‘Blossoming it shall blossom’ - a common mode of expression in Hebrew, denoting certainty, abundance, fullness - similar to the expression Gen 2:17, ‘Dying thou…
In these verses we have,
I. The desert land blooming. In the foregoing chapter we had a populous and fruitful country turned into a horrid wilderness; here we have in lieu of that, a wilderness turned…
Cambridge Bible
the glory of Lebanon … Carmel and Sharon Cf. ch. Isa 33:9; Isa 29:17 (Isa 32:15).
they(lit. these) shall see the glory of the Lord ch. Isa 40:5.
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