Chapter 54 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [1] Jerusalem, pictured as a wife who had been barren and deserted, now suddenly finds herself with innumerable children (the returning exiles); cf ⇒ Gal 4:27 for the application of this text to the Church, the New Zion.
2 [5] Redeemer: cf note on ⇒ Isaiah 41:14.
3 [11-12] Cf Rev 21. Afflicted one: Jerusalem; carnelians: reddish quartz, hard and durable, carbuncles: another precious stone of red color.