Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 54:3

3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand, and on the left , and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles , and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Thou shalt bring forth a multitude of Children; for this word is commonly used of any great and extraordinary propagation of living Creatures, whether Beasts or Men, Gen. 30. 30. Exod. 1. 12.

On every side, in all the parts of the World.

Either 1. Thy spiritual seed, the Church of the New Testament, which is accounted Abraham's Seed, or Children, Gal. 3. 7, 8, 9, 29. Or 2. Thy natural seed, Christ and his Apostles, and other Ministers, who were Jews, by whom this work was first and most eminently done.

Shall subdue the Gentile World to the Church, and to the Obedience of the Faith.

These Cities and Countries which in a spiritual sense were desolate and forsaken by God.

Marginal references: Ch. 61. 4, 5, 6.