My cities] Not this onely of Jerusalem, but others also round about of inferiour note. through prosperitie] Heb. good. That is, plentifull increase of men, cattell, and all manner of fruits of the earth, as Chap. 2. 4. shall yet be spread abroad] Notwithstanding the mean and poore estate which the whole countrey is now in; it shall be replenished with such abundance, that, your places shall be full and runne over: as vessels and fountains that have more then they can hold, as Proverbs 5:16. yet comfort Zion] Shall confirme and renew the right and priviledge which he had granted her, of being the place of his residence. See Isaiah 14:1. Zechariah 2:12.