Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
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Gill's Exposition
Fear not,.... The fulfilment of these things; however unlikely and unpromising they might seem, yet God was able to perform them; and therefore way should not be given to a fearful, distrustful, and…
Barnes' Notes
Fear not ... - (See Isa 41:10, note, Isa 41:14, note). Neither shalt thou be confounded - All these words mean substantially the same thing; and the design of the prophet is to affirm, in the…
Adam Clarke
For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth - That is, "The bondage of Egypt: widowhood, the captivity of Babylon." - Secker.
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…
Zion shall forget her former shame in the joy of reconciliation to her God.
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