Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
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Gill's Exposition
Say to them that are of a fearful heart,.... Or, "hasty of heart" (w); are at once for flying from the enemy; "hasty" in drawing black conclusions upon themselves and their state; "inconsiderate" of…
Barnes' Notes
Say to them - This is still an address to the ministers of religion, to make use of all the consolations which these truths and predictions furnish to confirm and strengthen the people of God. Of a…
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
Cf. Isa 40:9-10. them that are of a fearful heart Lit. "the hasty of heart." The phrase occurs with a different sense in ch. Isa 32:4.
behold, your God … recompence Better (as R.V. marg.): behold your…
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