Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 51:3
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Isaiah51:3
3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion : he will comfort all her wast places, and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desart like the garden of the LORD : joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
So this comes in as a reason why they should look unto, or consider that famous example of Abraham and Sarah, because they should find the like wonder wrought on their behalf. Or, Therefore, or for the sake of Abraham, my Friend, and of that Covenant which I made with him, and by which I promised to bless him and his seed for ever.
His Church, which is frequently called by that name both in the Old and New Testament.
Although she shall be waste, and desolate, and like a Wilderness or Desart for a time, yet she shall be restored, and be made as pleasant and flourishing as the Garden of Eden was.
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