The Lord — God the Father unto Christ. Heard thee — Though not so as to deliver thee from death; yet so as to crown thee with glory and honour. For a covenant — To be the Mediator and surety of that covenant, which is made between me and them. To establish — To establish truth and righteousness upon earth, and subdue those lusts and passions, which are the great disturbers of human society. Desolate heritages — That desolate places may be repaired and repossessed. That Christ may possess the Heathen, who were in a spiritual sense in a most desolate condition.
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Isaiah 49:8
8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establishc the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;