Isaías 42:11

11 Únanse al coro, ciudades del desierto;
que las aldeas de Cedar se alegren.
Que el pueblo de Sela cante de alegría;
que grite alabanzas desde las cumbres de los montes.

Isaías 42:11 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 42:11

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,
&c.] The eastern part of the world, Arabia Deserta, and the inhabitants of the cities which were in it: the villages that Kedar doth inhabit;
or the "courts" ^F20, or tents, the Kedarenes inhabited, who were Arabians, and dwelt in tents, which they pitched here and there, for the convenience of their flocks; and so the Targum,

``the Arabians that inhabit the wilderness shall praise:''

let the inhabitants of the rock sing:
or of Petra, which Jerom says was a city of Palestine. It was the metropolis of Arabia Petraea, which whole country may be here meant, and the inhabitants of it, who had reason to sing for joy, when the Gospel was preached unto them; as it was by the Apostle Paul in Arabia, ( Galatians 1:17 ) : let them shout from the top of the mountains;
the wild, savage, and barbarous people that dwell there, but now become civilized, as well as evangelized, by the Gospel; or the messengers and ministers of the word, whose feet on those mountains were beautiful, bringing the good tidings of peace and salvation by Christ. The Targum interprets this of the resurrection of the dead,

``the dead, when they shall go out of the house of their world, from the tops of the mountains shall lift up their voice ^F21.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (Myrux) "atria", Montanus; "tentoria", Grotius.
F21 Ben Melech interprets the rocks and mountains of towers built on rocks and mountains, where men dwelt.

Isaías 42:11 In-Context

9 Todo cuanto profeticé se ha hecho realidad,
y ahora profetizaré de nuevo;
les diré el futuro antes de que suceda».

10 Canción de alabanza al Señor
¡Canten al Señor
un nuevo cántico!
¡Canten sus alabanzas desde los confines de la tierra!
Canten, ustedes que navegan los mares,
los que viven en las costas lejanas.

11 Únanse al coro, ciudades del desierto;
que las aldeas de Cedar se alegren.
Que el pueblo de Sela cante de alegría;
que grite alabanzas desde las cumbres de los montes.

12 Que el mundo entero glorifique al Señor
;
que cante su alabanza.

13 El Señor
marchará como un héroe poderoso;
saldrá como guerrero lleno de furia.
Lanzará su grito de batalla
y aplastará a todos sus enemigos.