Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 42:11
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Isaiah42:11
11. cities--in a region not wholly waste, but mainly so, with an oasis here and there.
Kedar--in Arabia-Deserta (Is 21:16; Ge 25:13). The Kedarenians led a nomadic, wandering life. So Kedar is here put in general for that class of men.
rock--Sela, that is, Petra, the metropolis of Idumea and the Nabathoean Ishmaelites. Or it may refer in general to those in Arabia-Petræa, who had their dwellings cut out of the rock.
the mountains--namely, of Paran, south of Sinai, in Arabia-Petræa [Vitringa].
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