Isaiah 61:11
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What does Isaiah 61:11 mean?
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud
Of tender grass in the spring of the year, after a long and cold
winter, being well manured:
and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to
spring
forth
being enclosed, and better taken care of, and well watered, and
dunged, and cultivated; seeds sown in such a rich soil spring up
freely, strongly, and constantly:
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to
spring forth
before all the nations;
that is, the righteousness and salvation of his people through
Christ, by which they shall be justified and saved; and on
account of which they shall praise the Lord, and shall be to
honour and praise themselves, being interested in those blessings
in the sight of all the Christian nations around them. It
respects the conversion of the Jews, and their justification and
salvation, and the suddenness of it, and the large numbers of
them converted, who should rise up at once like the buds of grass
out of the earth; and denotes the flourishing condition in which
they shall be, like a garden abounding with all manner of flowers
and fruit; and suggests how full of joy, thankfulness, and praise
to God they should be, and how honourable in the sight of men;
and all this will be the Lord's doing, and owing to his
efficacious grace. The Targum is,
``so the Lord God will reveal the righteousness and praise of Jerusalem before all the people.''
