Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. FOR AS THE EARTH BRINGETH FORTH HER BUD ... - (; Isaiah 55:10; ; .) BUD - the tender shoots. PRAISE - (; .) Remarks: The grand theme of this prophecy is the Messiahship of the Saviour. He was described in various other aspects p...

11._For as the earth putteth forth. _By a beautiful comparison the Prophet confirms the former promises; for he reminds the Jews of the ordinary power of God, which shines brightly in the creatures themselves. The earth every year puts forth her bud, the gardens grow green after the sowing time, and, in short, herbs and plants, which appear to be dead during the winter, revive in the spring and resume their vigor. Now these are proofs and very clear illustrations of the divine power and kindness toward us; and since it is so, ought men to doubt of it? Will not he who gave this power and strength to the earth display it still more in delivering his people? And will he not cause to bud the elect seed, of which he promised that it should remain in the world for ever? _Before all the nations. _He again shews that the boundaries of the Church shall no longer be as narrow as they formerly were...

10,11 Those only shall be clothed with the garments of salvation hereafter, that are covered with the robe of Christ's righteousness now, and by the sanctification of the Spirit have God's image renewed upon them. These blessings shall spring forth for ages to come, as the fruits of the earth. So duly, so constantly, and with such advantage to mankind, will the Lord God cause righteousness and praise to spring forth. They shall spread far; the great salvation shall be published and proclaimed, to the ends of the earth. Let us be earnest in prayer, that the Lord God may cause that righteousness to spring forth among us, which constitutes the excellence and glory of the Christian profession....

Verse Isaiah 61:11. _THE LORD GOD_ - "The Lord JEHOVAH"] "אדני _Adonai, the_ _Lord_, makes the line longer than the preceding and following; and the _Septuagint, Alexandrian_, (and MSS. _Pachom_. and I. D. II.,) and _Arabic_, do not so render it. Hence it seems to be interpolated." - Dr. JUBB. Three MSS. have it not. See on Isaiah 61:1 of this chapter. Both words אדני יהוה _Adonai Jehovah_, are wanting in one of my MSS.; but are supplied in the margin by a later hand....

FOR AS THE EARTH BRINGETH FORTH - This figure is several times used by the prophet (see the notes at Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 55:10). The idea is an exceedingly beautiful one, that, on the coming of the Messiah, truth and righteousness would spring up and abound like grass and fruits in the vegetable world when the earth is watered with rain. HER BUD - The word ‘bud’ we now apply usually to the small bunch or protuberance on the branches of a plant, containing the rudiments of the future leaf or flower. The Hebrew word, however, (צמח _tsemach_), rather means the germ, the shoot, or the young and tender plant as it comes up from the earth; that which first appears from the seed....

SECTION VIII.—SOLILOQUY OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, WHO PROMISES GLORY AND PROSPERITY TO JERUSALEM (Isaiah 61:1; Isaiah 62:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 61:1 THE MISSION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD. The words of our Lord in...

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 o...

Isaiah 61:1. _The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,_ You know who it is that speaks these words, our Lord Jesus himself. Isaiah 61:1. _Because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;_ The Divine Messiah comes to usher in the true jubilee, the blessed day in which the poor shall have the gospel preached unto them, and in which the broken-hearted shall find their brokenness healed. He comes to bring the captive ones back from the Babylon of sin, and to deliver from prison those who, because of their transg

CHAPTER 61 The King, Jehovah's Messenger: His People and their Salvation Song 1. _Jehovah's Messenger and His work (Isaiah 61:1) _ 2. _His people a kingdom of priests and their work (Isaiah 61:6) _ 3. _The salvation song (Isaiah 61:10) _ 4. _The blessings of the whole earth (Isaiah 61:11_ Luke 4:1 tells us that the Lord Jesus Christ applied the opening verses to Himself. The destructive criticism denies both the Isaiah authorship of this chapter and its messianic application. The satanic origin of this kind of criticism is here ful

The prophet now addresses the people directly. Men of other nations shall serve as labourers at their bidding and call them Yahweh's priests, or Servants of our God, recognising Yahweh as such. As a priestly caste they will enjoy the wealth of the peoples, as priestly tithe, and deck (so emend boast; _cf._ LXX) themselves in their splendours. This privileged treatment is justified. _For_ as their (so emend your) shame was in double measure, and ignominy their lot (emending for confusion. portion), they shall have in their own land a double portion and everlasting joy. For Yahweh loves justice, and hates iniquitous plundering; so He will recompense His wronged people, making _with them_ a covenant (_cf._ Isaiah 55:3)_._ Their descendants shall be so prosperous that all nations shall recognise their pre-eminent blessedness. As surely as the seed germinates in the soil shall thei