flow together: or, according to the Targum and Syriac, "shall be lightened", as in Psalms 34:5.
fear. praise. Hebrew. pahad.. Homonym, with two meanings: (1) to fear, as in Deuteronomy 28:66; Job 23:15. but (2) to rejoice, here and Hosea 3:5. praise. See note there.
be enlarged. opened as with joy.
of the sea. of the rich seafaring peoples, for which "sea" is put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct).
converted. turned.
forces. fullness, riches, wealth, or resources. This prophecy looks far beyond the return under Ezra-Nehemiah. See verses: Isaiah 60:12; Isaiah 60:15, &c.