John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 54:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 54:2 - 54:2

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 54:2 - 54:2

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54:1 - 54:1
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54:3 - 54:3
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54:17 - 54:17

Isa_54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

Ver. 2. Enlarye the place of thy tent.] Thus he speaketh after the custom of those countries wherein was frequent use of tents; neither is it without a mystery, since we are all strangers in this world, neither have we here any continuing city. Justin Martyr saith {a} of the Christians of his time, that every strange land was to them a country, and every country a strange land. They looked upon themselves as citizens of the new Jerusalem.

{a} Epist. ad Diog.