thy nursing fathers thy guardians; i.e. of course, the guardians of her children (in spite of ch. Isaías 60:16); see Num 11:12; 2 Reyes 10:1; Ester 2:7 &c. The figure appears to express the permanent relation of the kingdoms of the world to the glorified people of God.

lick up the dust of thy feet An extravagant, but thoroughly Oriental, metaphor for abject self-humiliation (cf. Miqueas 7:17; Salmo 72:9). Gesenius quotes from a Persian poem the following sentiment of a prince to his conqueror: "When I shall have the good fortune to kiss the dust of thy feet, then I shall believe that fortune flatters me," &c.

Comp. ch. Isaías 45:14; Isaías 60:14.

for they shall not be ashamed &c. Strictly a relative sentence, "they that wait on Whom shall not be ashamed"; which is perhaps hardly English. Render as R.V. and they that wait for me shall not be ashamed.

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