17.
(Jer 8:22; 33:6).
Outcast--as a wife put away by her husband
(Isa 62:4,
contrasted with
Jer 30:12).
Zion--alluding to its Hebrew meaning, "dryness"; "sought after"
by none, as would be the case with an arid region
(Isa 62:12).
The extremity of the people, so far from being an obstacle to, will be
the chosen opportunity of, God's grace.
JFB.
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