And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Ver. 14. And they shall say.] Or, And it shall be said. This is further added, for the comfort of those that trusted in God, that they shall have a smooth and clear passage home. This is literally meant of their return from Babylon; but mystically of the recollection of the Church out of the captivity of the devil and power of sin.