Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
fruitful place—Hebrew, Carmel.
a wilderness—Hebrew, "the wilderness," in contrast to "the fruitful place"; the great desert, where Carmel was, there is now the desert of Arabia [MAURER].
cities—in contrast to the fruitful place or field.
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