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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 48:20

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Go . . . forth . . . end of the earth--Primarily, a prophecy of their joyful deliverance from Babylon, and a direction that they should leave it when God opened the way. But the publication of it "to the ends of the earth" shows it has a more world-wide scope antitypically; Rev 18:4 shows that the mystical Babylon is ultimately meant. redeemed . . . Jacob-- (Isa 43:1; Isa 44:22-23).
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