The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 30:19

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

For the people shall dwell in Zion; rather, a people shall continue. Jerusalem shall not now be made desolate, or deprived of its inhabitants. Whatever the number of captives taken, "a people shall remain."

Thou shalt weep no more. The reasons for weeping shall be removed. He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry. For God to be gracious to them, they must first "cry" to him—make an earnest, hearty appeal to him for mercy.

Their "cry" will be answered as soon as heard, is as soon as uttered.

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