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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Isaiah 35:6

Then shall the lame [man] leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the (g) wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

(g) They who were barren and destitute of the graces of God, will have them given by Christ.

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