“Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.”
The continued call to worship—'Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice, the settlements that Kedar inhabits'—extends praise to the most remote and unlikely regions. The specific mention of Kedar (Arabian desert dwellers) and islands suggests a truly universal call to praise that transcends cultural and geographical boundaries. The image of wilderness itself joining in celebration suggests that creation itself participates in divine vindication. This verse makes restoration not a matter of Jewish nationalism but of cosmic participation in God's triumph.
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