Isaiah 54:3

For thou shall break forth on the right hand and on the left,.... To the south, and to the north, as the Targum, like an inundation of water, that breaks through and overflows the banks of the river,…

For thou shalt break forth - (See the notes at Isa 49:19-20). And make the desolate cities - (See the notes at Isa 44:26).

If we apply this to the state of the Jews after their return out of captivity, it is a prophecy of the increase of their nation after they were settled in their own land. Jerusalem had been in the…

The tent must be larger than of old, for the new community shall spread abroad (cf. Gen 28:14; Gen 30:30; Gen 30:43) on the right hand andon the left, i.e. in all directions.

inherit the Gentiles take…