“For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.”
The extension of dominion—'For you will spread out to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and settle the desolate towns'—asserts that restored Israel will expand territorially and possess lands. The image of spreading right and left suggests multidirectional expansion. The promise that offspring will possess nations suggests that Israel's descendants will dominate. This verse depicts restoration as geopolitical triumph and territorial expansion.
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