Thomas Aquinas, on Isa 49:19

“For thy deserts, and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be chased far away.”

“And he shows that it will be filled with inhabitants: for your deserts, as to inhabitants, and your desolate places, as to those who cultivate the land, and the land of your destruction, as to the walls that were destroyed: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls (Zech 2:4); and he shows that it will be emptied of enemies: they that swallowed you up shall be chased far away.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.