The Lord now turns from Israel (Ephraim) to Judah, and in this and the next two verses promises her like blessing.

again as was the use in former time.

habitation homestead; the word rendered "folds" in Jeremiah 23:3, where see note.

mountain of holiness The expression seems to be used indifferently of the Temple Mountain and of Jerusalem as a whole. See Psalms 2:6; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 27:13, and (especially for Jerusalem) the following: Isaiah 66:20; Daniel 9:16; Zechariah 8:3.

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