“The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.”
The continued celebration—'The children born in the time of your bereavement will yet say in your ears: "The place is too crowded for me; make room for me that I may settle"'—envisions a generation born during exile declaring that restoration prosperity exceeds space. The children born in exile expressing this sentiment suggests that even those with no memory of pre-exile abundance will find restoration overwhelming. The request to 'make room' emphasizes the success and fullness of return. This verse uses generational imagery to emphasize unexpected restoration.
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