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Isaiah 42:11

Isaiah 42:11
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,.... The eastern part of the world, Arabia Deserta, and the inhabitants of the cities which were in it:

the villages that Kedar doth…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Let the wilderness - (See the note at Isa 35:1). The word here denotes the most uncultivated countries, intimating that even the most rude and barbarous people would have occasion to rejoin, and would…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 42:5-12

Here is I. The covenant God made with and the commission he gave to the Messiah, Isa 42:5-7, which are an exposition of Isa 42:1, Behold my servant, whom I uphold.

1. The royal titles by which the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the wilderness and the cities thereof The "cities," like the "villages" of the next line, are those in the oases, occupied by the settled Arabs; the former are probably the great centres of the…