Ésaïe 61:11

11 Car, comme la terre fait pousser ses germes et comme un jardin fait germer ce qu'on y sème, ainsi le Seigneur, l' Éternel, fera germer la justice et la louange, en présence de toutes les nations.

Ésaïe 61:11 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 61:11

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.''

Ésaïe 61:11 In-Context

9 Leur race sera connue parmi les nations, et leurs rejetons parmi les peuples; tous ceux qui les verront, les reconnaîtront pour la race que l'Éternel a bénie.

10 Je me réjouirai en l'Éternel, et mon âme s'égaiera en mon Dieu; car il m'a revêtu des vêtements du salut, et m'a couvert du manteau de la justice, comme un époux se pare d'un diadème et comme une épouse s'orne de ses joyaux.

11 Car, comme la terre fait pousser ses germes et comme un jardin fait germer ce qu'on y sème, ainsi le Seigneur, l' Éternel, fera germer la justice et la louange, en présence de toutes les nations.