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Isaiah 35:9

Isaiah 35:9
No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

No lion shall be there,.... That is, in the way before described; no wicked persons, comparable to lions for their savage and cruel dispositions towards the people of God; for those who have been as…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

No lion shall be there - Lions abounded in all the countries adjacent to Palestine. They are, therefore, often referred to by the sacred writers, as objects of dread and alarm. The leading idea in the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 35:5-10

"Then, when your God shall come, even Christ, to set up his kingdom in the world, to which all the prophets bore witness, especially towards the conclusion of their prophecies of the temporal…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the redeemed cf. ch. Isa 51:10; Isa 62:12; Isa 63:4.