Enlarge the place of thy tent, and stretch out the skins of thy tabernacles, spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
Ibn Ezra
Enlarge the place of thy tent, because of the larger number of thy children. יטו Let them stretch forth. Let the children of the desolate stretch forth, or let people stretch forth; comp. ויאמר and one said (Gen. 48:1). אל תחשכי Prevent not, the people from stretching forth the curtains of thy tent. Thy cords. The cords of thy tent.—The restoration of the towns and villages is meant by this figure.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.