The first half of the verse is harsh in construction; and the text as it stands is corrupt. The general sense, however, is sufficiently established by the second half: the prosperity of the future shall be a twofold recompense for the miseries of the past and the present.

the double in the same sense (mutatis mutandis) as ch. Isaiah 40:2.

everlasting joy ch. Isaiah 35:10 (Isaiah 51:11).

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