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Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; as a woman forsaken by her husband, contemptible, and of low esteem.
Neither shall thy land, i.e. the inhabitants of the land, a metonymy of the subject,
any more be termed Desolate; though it be now almost void of inhabitants, it shall be impeopled again.
Thou shalt be called, i.e. be, as you have frequently had such instances.
Hephzi-bah; My delight is in her; a new name, agreeing with her new condition.
Beulah;
Married, agreeing to her new relation; she shall be as one well married, to the great improvement of her state, Jer_3:14 Hos_2:18-20.
Thy land shall be married; thou shalt see the increase of thy children again in thy land, as the fruit of thy married condition, which by reason of thy being forsaken of thy husband were in a manner wasted and decayed; and this refers to the great enlargement of the church in the gospel days. Or rather, shall be possessed, as the word baal properly signifies; and so it answers to desolate, Thou shalt be no more desolate, but possessed; and this helps to solve a difficulty in the next verse, which otherwise may seem an impropriety, that the sons would marry the mother.