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flow together: or, according to the Targum and Syriac, "shall be lightened", as in Psa_34:5.
fear = praise. Hebrew. pahad. A Homonym, with two meanings: (1) to fear, as in Deu_28:66. Job_23:15; but (2) to rejoice, here and Hos_3:5 = praise. See note there.
be enlarged = opened as with joy.
of the sea = of the rich seafaring peoples, for which "sea" is put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct).
converted = turned.
forces = fullness, riches, wealth, or resources. This prophecy looks far beyond the return under Ezra-Nehemiah. See verses: Isa_60:12, Isa_60:15, &c.