desolate. Occurs in "former" portion here, Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 17:9; Isaiah 33:8. and in the "latter" portion, Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 49:19; Isaiah 54:1; Isaiah 54:3; Isaiah 61:4; Isaiah 61:4; Isaiah 62:4.
your cities. Some codices, with Syriac, read "and your cities".
land. soil.
strangers. foreigners, or apostates. Hebrew. zur. See note on Proverbs 5:3 (not the same word as in Isaiah 2:6).