Isaiah 49:19 - Exposition

The land of thy destruction ; or, of thy overthrow—i.e , where thou wert overthrown by Nebuchadnezzar— shall even now be too narrow , etc. This must not be understood literally. Palestine, after the return from the Captivity, was at no time over-populated; and when the conversion of the Gentiles took place it caused no influx of fresh settlers into the Holy Land. The object of the prophet is simply to mark the vast growth of the Church, which would necessarily spread itself far beyond the limits of Palestine, and would ultimately require the whole earth for its habitation.