For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Your ruined and empty places, and your destroyed land, will now become too small because of all the people living there, and those who destroyed you will be far away.
God is promising that the places that were once destroyed and empty will be rebuilt and become so populated that they'll actually be too crowded, while the enemies who caused the destruction will be gone.
📚 Historical Context
This verse was written during or after the Babylonian exile, when Jerusalem and much of Judah lay in ruins and many Jewish people had been taken captive to Babylon. The prophet Isaiah is delivering God's promise that the devastated homeland would not only be restored but would flourish beyond its former glory. This was a message of hope to a displaced and discouraged people who wondered if they would ever see their homeland again.
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