And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity .
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Gill's Exposition
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah The same tract of land become so desolate through the Chaldeans, should in future time, when those that remained of the Jews were returned…
Barnes' Notes
And the coast shall be - Or probably, “It shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah.” He uses the word, employed in the first assignment of the land to Israel ; and of the whole people…
Adam Clarke
The coast shall be for the remnant - Several devastations fell on the Philistines. Gaza was ruined by the army of Alexander the Great, and the Maccabees finally accomplished all that was predicted by…
The prophet here comes to foretel what share the neighbouring nations should have in the destruction made upon those parts of the world by Nebuchadnezzar and his victorious Chaldees, as others of the…
Cambridge Bible
The promise of the surrounding countries to Israel as its possession is more common in later writings; Oba 1:19 ff.; Zec 9:7; but comp. already Amo 9:12; Isa 11:14; Jer 49:2.
turn away their captivity…
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