To take a spoil] Heb. to spoil the spoil, and to prey the prey. to turn thine hand upon the desolate places] Renewing the ancient desolations of this poore countrey restored from its ruines. midst of the land] In Hebrew, upon the navel of the land. That is, in the higher places, as mountains and hils; or in the heart or middle, where there is more securitie then in the confines: a Metaphor such as is Judges 9:37.