I will make them, my returned captives, who were looked upon as cursed, reproached, and hated.
The places round about; all the country.
My hill; Jerusalem, or the temple, Zion, which is called holy hill, Psa_2:6.
A blessing; very prosperous, that men shall report them to be in a blessed condition, or a blessing to others among whom they dwell, or a pattern of blessing others, whom we shall wish like to them, whom we wish greatest good to.
I will cause the shower to come down in his season; their land shall be most fruitful in the products of it, corn, wine, oil, &c., and all these blessed to them; whereas formerly their blessings were so cursed that they were no blessings, now they shall be blessed, and so be double blessings to them.