Thou shalt break forth; thou shalt bring forth a multitude of children; for this word is commonly used of any great and extraordinary propagation of living creatures, whether beasts or men, Genesis 30:30 Exodus 1:12. On the right hand and on the left; on every side, in all the parts of the world. Thy seed; either,
1. Thy spiritual seed, the church of the new testament, which is accounted Abraham's seed, or children, Galatians 3:7-9,29. Or,
2. Thy natural seed, Christ and his apostles, and other ministers, who were Jews, by whom this work was first and most eminently done. Shall inherit the Gentiles; shall subdue the Gentile world to the church, and to the obedience of the faith. The desolate cities; those cities and countries which in a spiritual sense were desolate and forsaken by God.