Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken] Hosea 1:10. 1 Pet. 2. 10. Heb. It shall no more be said to thee, &c. and to thy land, &c. Thou shalt no more be contemned, as a woman cast off by her husband. Chap. 54. 6, 7.
Desolate] Heb. desolation. Chap. 17. 9. & 64. 10.
thou shalt be called] Heb. it shall be called to thee; as Chap. 9. 1.
Hephzi-bah] Or, that is, my delight is in her. The name of King Hezekiahs wife, Manassehs mother; 2 Kings 21:1. and was a name, it seemeth, in those times, not unusuall.
Bulah] That is, married. Genesis 20:3. Chap. 54. 1. Or, reconciled again to her husband, and living in conjugall communion with him. 1 Corinthians 7:11.
thy land shall be married] That it may be replenished with people, as with children in a comfortable way. Chap. 54. 3, 5. Jerem. 31. 27.