Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 42:11

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11. cities —in a region not wholly waste, but mainly so, with an oasis here and there. Kedar —in Arabia-Deserta ( Isaiah 21:16 ; Genesis 25:13 ). The Kedarenians led a nomadic, wandering life. So Kedar is here put in general for that class of men. rock — Sela, that is, Petra, the metropolis of Idumea and the Nabathoeligan Ishmaelites. Or it may refer in general to those in Arabia-Petræa, who had their dwellings cut out of the rock. the mountains —namely, of Paran, south of Sinai, in Arabia-Petræa [VITRINGA]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"

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