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that they knew not' (42:16).
'Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind'
(42:18). See also 43:8.
(5) 'For in the wilderness shall
'I will open rivers in high places,
waters break out, and streams in
and fountains in the midst of the
the desert' (6).
valleys: I will make the wilderness
a pool of water, and the dry land
springs of water' (41:18).
'I give waters in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert' (43:20).
See also 44:3 -5 and 48:21.
(6) 'And an highway shall be
'I will bring ... by a way ... in
there, and a way, and it shall be
paths' (42:16).
called The way of holiness' (8).
'I will even make a way in the
wilderness' (43:19).
'I will make all My mountains a
way, and My highways shall be
exalted' (49:11).
(7) 'And the ransomed of the
Therefore the redeemed of the
Lord shall return, and come to
Lord shall return, and come
Zion with songs and everlasting
with singing unto Zion; and
joy upon their heads: they shall
everlasting joy shall be upon
obtain joy and gladness, and
their head: they shall obtain
sorrow and sighing shall flee
gladness and joy; and sorrow and
away' (10).
mourning shall flee away' (51:11).
It will be seen that the climax which is reached in chapter 35 is
expanded and amplified in the chapters of the prophecy that constitute the
second part.
Let us now take another line of thought. Running through the former
part of the prophecy is a sevenfold prediction concerning the 'forsaking' of
the land and city. In the second part we find a sevenfold reversal of these
judgments.
The Predicted Judgment (the former half)
(1)
'A great forsaking in the midst of the land' (Isa. 6:12).
(2)
'The land ... forsaken of both her kings' (7:16).
(3)
'The cities of Aroer are forsaken' (17:2).
(4)
'In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough ...'
(17:9).
(5)
'Which they left because of the children of Israel' (17:9).
(6)
'The habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness' (27:10).
(7)
'The multitude of the city shall be left' (32:14).
The Predicted Blessing (the latter half)
(1)
'I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them' (41:17).
(2)
'These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them'
(42:16).